Appointment | OYO appoints ex-PayU exec Prakash Padariya as Chief Information Security Officer

Mr. Padariya has worked as senior management roles across leading Fortune 100 MNCs like GE, Royal Bank of Scotland, IBM, Target Corporation and Accenture

The global hospitality technology platform, OYO, has announced the appointment of Prakash Padariya as the chief information security officer (CISO) for IT and security teams. In his role at OYO, Prakash will helm a security strategy for OYO’s systems globally, including regions such as India, SEA, Europe, the USA and the UK.

In addition to this, he will be also responsible for leveraging technologies such as big data analytics and artificial intelligence to enhance cyber security functions from the ground.

Padariya joins OYO from the Netherlands headquartered online payment solutions provider PayU, where he was in a similar role. He brings with him 19+ years of experience across geographies with extensive expertise in corporate security consulting, cyber security, cyber warfare, vulnerability assessment, ethical hacking, surveillance audits, legal regulatory compliance, computer forensics, law enforcement cybercrime prevention, among others. Besides PayU, he has worked in senior management roles across leading Fortune 100 MNCs like GE, Royal Bank of Scotland, IBM, target corporation and Accenture.

Commenting on his appointment, he says, “I am super excited to join OYO at this stage where all of the travel is transforming and resurging post-COVID-19. I am honoured to be a part of this team and can’t wait to start developing solutions to enhance the maturity of all of OYO’s products to the next level of security and privacy.”