Harshal Mehta

Harshal Mehta is the Vice President of Information Security, Risk and Compliance at Direct Travel. A three-time CISO, he has led security across global enterprises spanning more than 100 countries, navigating cloud transformations, M&A complexity, and regulatory frameworks including NIST, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS. His focus is translating technical risk into board-level strategy and designing Zero Trust and AI-resilient architectures, working from the principle that security should be a business enabler rather than a bottleneck. He previously served as VP and CISO at CWT, and advises across the security community with organizations including Onyxia Cyber and Dune Security.