Ajay Kaushik

Ajay Kaushik is Founder and CEO of Panacea InfoSec. He is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the company and leading the Executive team across all operational aspects of planning and execution. He is an Information Security management professional with CISSP, CISM and PCI QSA certifications and over 15 years of experience in IT security research, consulting and audit with the last eleven of those within the Payment Card Industry.

Ajay has played a key role in setting up the Indian operation, driving expansion in South East Asia, Middle East and Africa and engaging partners worldwide. In the last eleven years, he has completed more than 300 formal PCI DSS assessments, readiness assessments and PIN PED assessments for multiple level-1 Banks, Card Personalization Bureau, Payment Gateways, BPO/KPO, Managed hosting providers, National financial switches and other Payment Card Industry service providers in more than 25 countries.