Professional Overview
Chirag Arora is a Cyber Security Consultant with Dorf Nelson & Zauderer LLP, based out of New York. Mr. Arora is an industry-recognized leader with over 15 years of expertise in building the cybersecurity program from the ground up optimizing for global, large businesses.
Mr. Arora is a visionary who translates evolving industry risks into actionable technology roadmaps and robust security programs. He excels at synergizing people, processes, technology, and governance around proactive defense and at continually sharpening the company’s security maturity. He has expertise in multiple security and privacy domains including Corporate, Physical, Cyber, Customer, Supplier, Product, Platform, Risk Assurance, Compliance, and Data Protection.
Mr. Arora holds memberships in several advisory boards for organizations such as GlobalCISO Leadership Foundation, Gartner, CDM Media, and Center for Internet Security. Mr. Arora has been recognized as a Fellow by the Ponemon Institute. He currently serves on the Technical Advisory Board and Editorial Panel at the Center for Internet Security, a global non-profit organization.
Mr. Arora has been a thoughtful community steward as well. He has spoken at many CISO conferences to educate other industry cyber leaders on how to implement a robust Information Security Program. In addition to directing several cybersecurity-related outfits, he has donated his Election Infrastructure Assessment to secure U.S. Elections and Risk Assessment Tool IP to the Center of Internet Security (CIS). Over 47,000 small and medium businesses worldwide are actively benefiting from his pro-bono contribution to mature their cybersecurity posture.
Positions
Technical Advisory Board Member, Center for Internet Security
Chair, GlobalCISO Leadership Foundation
Fellow, Ponemon Institute
Publications
- “Building a Unified Vision: A CISO’s Approach to Collaborative Security”
- “A CISO Perspective on Implementing Cyber Resilience for Small to Large Law Firms”
- “From Compliance to Resilience: Cyber Governance as the Cornerstone of CISO Strategy”
Presentations
- Speaker, GCISO Cohort 2023
- Developer & Instructor, Computer Security Fundamentals Course at Center for Talented Youth, Johns Hopkins University
- Speaker, CISO Summit (CDM Media) on Insider Threats
- Speaker, Reviewer & Moderator at Cyber Security Summit 2023