Harish Vaidya

Harish Vaidya is an experienced professional specializing in information security and cloud computing, with a career spanning over 15 years. Currently serving as Lead AI Security Engineer and previously as Lead Information Security Engineer and Senior BizOps Engineer at Mastercard from June 2022 to August 2025, Harish has demonstrated expertise in AI security and operational efficiencies. Prior experience includes roles at Cognizant, where significant contributions were made as an AWS Cloud Support Engineer with hands-on experience in deploying scalable systems, and as an Application/Product Support Analyst, focusing on compliance and vulnerability management. Harish's career began at Mphasis as a Principal Infrastructure Engineer, emphasizing change management and team leadership. Early experience included a position as Technical Lead at Cognizant Technology Solutions, targeting incident and identity management. Harish holds a Post Graduation Diploma in Information System Control & Audit from ICFAI University and a Bachelor of Commerce from Savitribai Phule Pune University.