Hemant Baidwan
Federal Leadership
As the Chief Information Security Officer at the Department of Homeland Security, Hemant Baidwan is responsible for overseeing the agency’s approach to cybersecurity and ensuring compliance with myriad federal guidelines. Baidwan has worked at the department for several years and previously served as deputy CISO. While at DHS, Baidwan has focused on everything from ensuring information security to leading the agency’s Hack DHS program. Last year, he won a department Innovation Award. Baidwan also recently joined the General Services Administration’s new FedRAMP board, which is meant to help accelerate the government’s cloud adoption.
