Jaya Baloo
COO & CISO at AISLE
Jaya Baloo is Chief Operating Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at the AI cybersecurity startup, AISLE. She is a globally respected cybersecurity executive known for her expertise in security strategy, vulnerability management, and cyber resilience. With more than twenty years in the field, she has built a career spanning telecommunications, security research, and executive leadership across some of the world’s most influential technology companies. Baloo was Chief Information Security Officer at KPN, where she led major initiatives to strengthen national cyber resilience and helped shape forward-looking defenses against emerging threats. She later served as CISO at Avast and as Chief Security Officer at Rapid7, driving strategic programs focused on secure product development, threat intelligence, and privacy-preserving architecture.
Beyond her executive roles, Baloo is an active contributor to global cybersecurity policy discussions and serves on several advisory boards addressing quantum-safe cryptography and critical-infrastructure protection. Since 2017, Baloo has been a faculty member at Singularity University. She is a frequent keynote speaker at major industry conferences and was awarded the Cyber Security Executive of the year award in 2015.