I am a senior leader with over two decades of experience across strategy, governance, and executive decision making.
My work spans board advisory, business transformation, enterprise risk, and operating model design, with a sustained focus on how judgment is exercised under pressure.
Through Boardcast, I examine the governance failures and articulate what better boardroom judgment demands.
Ex President & Global Chief Technology Officer at Sagilityhealth (formerly HGSHealthcare)
What is the interview about?
In this Boardcast conversation, Subramany C, Global CTO at Nexusnow.ai and former President & Global CTO at Sagility Health, shares practical insights from decades of securing large-scale global operations. He speaks about implementing zero-trust frameworks, strengthening cloud and telephony security, enforcing vendor risk governance, and embedding continuous monitoring across distributed infrastructure. Emphasizing that cybersecurity is not merely an IT function but a core business strategy, he advises leaders to adopt security-by-design principles, build strong governance structures, and cultivate a culture where cyber awareness becomes a daily discipline rather than a compliance checkbox.
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