Maya R Nair

Examiner
DISC Type : cs

Senior Director - Chief Information Security Officer at Crisil

Thane, Maharashtra, India

Overview

Maya R Nair is the Senior Director and Chief Information Security Officer at Crisil, with extensive experience across the Telecommunication, BFSI, and Manufacturing sectors. An alumna of BITS Pilani, she is an expert in datacenter infrastructure, defense-in-depth security strategies, and business continuity planning, holding certifications like CISA and DCPLA.

Outside of her professional role, Maya is a passionate follower of Arsenal Football Club. She demonstrates a keen interest in continuous learning and emerging technologies, recently dedicating a weekend to an AI Mastermind workshop to explore the future possibilities of artificial intelligence.

She has been recognized with multiple industry awards, including being named "Best CISO of the Year" in 2017.

Personality Overview

Overcautious

Late Adopter

Unexpressive

The only way to convince them is by showing them examples and ample proof.  They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end. They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time.

Topics They Care About

Information Security
As a CISO with a background in implementing defense-in-depth and 360-degree security views, she is a frequent speaker on this topic at industry conferences.
IT Infrastructure
Her experience includes setting up entire IT and datacenter infrastructures from scratch and executing large-scale datacenter migrations with zero downtime.
Emerging AI Tech
Shows a proactive interest in the practical applications and "unlimited possibilities" of AI, having recently attended a 2-day AI Mastermind workshop.

Media Appearances

Maya R Nair joins CRISIL as Director & CISO. Featured in CIO&Leader

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Maya Nair appointed as Director & Chief Information Security Officer at CRISIL Limited. Featured in Economic Times – CIO

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CXOTV – We are happy to welcome Maya R Nair, CISO, CRISIL. Featured in Facebook (CXOTV)

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Work History

4-2024
Senior Director - Chief Information Security Officer at Crisil
5-2020 - 4-2024
Director - Chief Information Security Officer at Crisil
10-2019 - 5-2020
Chief Information Security Officer and Head - IT Infra at A Fintech stratup by a leading indian bank
10-2018 - 10-2019
Chief Information Security Officer at Reliance Capital Limited
7-2016 - 10-2018
Head - Information Security at Idea Cellular Ltd

Education

2014 - 2016
Master’s Degree from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
2007 - 2011
PGDBA from Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies

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Insights For Selling To Maya

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Expect them to be vague in response to your questions, ask firmly and pointedly
  • Be firm in your communication and stay in control
  • Ask them which other stakeholders would be important for this purchase decision

DONT's

  • Avoid getting into storytelling mode, especially when they ask specific questions
  • Don't rely on relationship building even if they act pleasantly
  • Don't use phrases like 'do not worry', 'i promise' etc.

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Maya is

  • Adoption by others is very important to them, followed by confidence in ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Maya

  • They don’t say no often, they push out the decisions or keep going around in circles.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Maya move?

  • They don't like to hasten, so their speed of decision-making may be slow.
  • Can Maya take some risk or not?

  • They have little willingness to take risks, and prefer making calculated decisions.

You And Maya

Personality Compatibility


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