Modern CISO Network: Board Book
A directory of board-ready security leaders
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areas of expertise
- Cybersecurity governance and policy
- Risk management and strategy
- Application & product security
- Security operations and resilience
- Compliance and audit
- Recruit and retain top talent
- Program building and management
- Data privacy
- Metrics strategy
- Board communication and business enablement
Rohit Parchuri
SVP & CISO
Yext
Rohit Parchuri is an accomplished Information Security executive with an established record-building around structuring, and institutionalizing Information Security disciplines in a variety of organizational domains. He is currently leading the Global Cyber Security program at Yext, a bleeding-edge AI Search platform. In this role, Rohit is responsible for building and executing the company's cyber security governance while advocating for the security benefits of Yext technology in customer environments. Continuing in this role, Rohit educates the Board of directors and executive management on Cybersecurity matters on a quarterly cadence.
In addition to his day job at Yext, Rohit serves as an advisor for a multitude of technology startups and educational institutions.
Rohit graduated from Depaul University in Chicago with a Master's degree in Computer and Network Security Assurance, specializing in Application Security. Rohit was featured in several cybersecurity and leadership podcasts and webcasts over the years and speaks at security conferences on topics ranging across DevSecOps, Security operations, Leadership, and Cyber forensics. Originally from India, Rohit is an avid hiker and tries his hand at tennis every chance he gets.