Vaishali Someshwar is an accomplished professional in cybersecurity and IT security solutions with extensive experience at Ericsson since January 2013, where Vaishali has held several leadership roles including Head of Security for Core Network as-a-Service (CNaaS) Technologies and Head of Cloud RAN Cyber Security. Noteworthy accomplishments include formalizing security architecture globally and implementing IT cybersecurity measures for major cloud transformations. Prior to Ericsson, Vaishali served as Director of IT Security at Telcordia Technologies, focusing on security policy and risk management. Earlier career experience includes a role as Senior Security Engineer, where Vaishali developed perimeter network security solutions. Vaishali holds a Master's degree in Telecommunications Management from Stevens Institute of Technology and a Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Mumbai.