Kumar Dasani is the U.S. CISO responsible for global cybersecurity strategy at B. Braun Medical, Inc. Known for collaborative leadership, he also advises security startups and is vCISO for Altheia. Kumar’s broad experience includes cybersecurity strategy, preventive controls, privacy, and risk management across multiple critical infrastructure verticals. Kumar held executive financial services roles at Digital River and Deluxe, and led an enterprise security, business continuity and risk management program. He directed UnitedHealth Group policy and risk efforts, and at Medtronic he built a comprehensive cybersecurity program for a care management services division. Kumar earned a B.S. in computer science at St. Cloud State University and an M.S. in software systems at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota and holds CIPP/US, CISA, CISM, CRISC, and CvCISO certifications. He received the Visionary Governance Risk and Compliance Leader and 2024 OnCon Top 100 Security Team Awards.

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