Pranay Mehta is a cybersecurity, risk, and compliance professional with experience helping organizations navigate complex security, regulatory, and technology risks. His background spans security governance, third-party risk management, cloud and application security, vulnerability and risk management, external audits, security assurance, and compliance programs involving frameworks and standards such as SOC 2, HITRUST, HIPAA, NIST, and ISO. A significant part of his work has focused on translating security and regulatory requirements into practical programs that can operate effectively within fast-moving technology organizations. He has partnered with engineering, product, legal, privacy, and business teams on initiatives ranging from security assessments and audit programs to vendor risk, application security reviews, and customer security assurance. Pranay also has a growing focus on AI governance and the intersection of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, privacy, risk, and healthcare. He is particularly interested in how organizations can establish effective governance for rapidly evolving AI technologies without unnecessarily slowing responsible innovation. Beyond his professional responsibilities, Pranay contributes to the cybersecurity community through industry working groups, research and publications, conference speaking, mentoring, and the review of emerging cybersecurity and AI governance guidance. His broader interests center on developing practical approaches to security and governance that help organizations adopt new technologies while maintaining trust, resilience, privacy, and regulatory alignment.