Hemant Baidwan named Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Knox Systems

Hemant Baidwan has been appointed CISO at federal AI-managed cloud provider Knox Systems. He previously served as CISO at DHS, as a member of the FedRAMP Board, and as Vice Chair of the federal CISO Council.

According to the Knox Systems release, Baidwan holds the title of Executive Chief Information Security Officer at the company. The release says Baidwan will lead the cybersecurity program at Knox and strengthen security across its AI-driven cloud platform. The company says he will also advance approaches to secure federal cloud adoption and to automated compliance.

The release says that as CISO at DHS, Baidwan advanced cybersecurity strategy and modernized security across hundreds of systems and mission-critical networks. At DHS, the release says, Baidwan advanced the implementation of Zero Trust and launched the Hack DHS vulnerability disclosure program. He also developed the Unified Cybersecurity Maturity Model to improve visibility of enterprise risk, according to the release. According to the release, his DHS work included modernizing risk management with automation and a risk operations model, which enabled faster prioritization of cyber risk remediation. The release says Baidwan contributed to federal AI cybersecurity policy and to initiatives on cyber supply chain security.

Knox Systems says it holds Authorizations to Operate across 15 federal civilian and defense agencies, among them the Department of Commerce and the Department of Homeland Security. According to the release, Knox serves AI and SaaS providers including BigID, Armis, Adobe, Celonis and OutSystems.