Biography:

Hiranya Maru is a veteran information security executive with over two decades of leadership experience specializing in global IT compliance, enterprise-scale network engineering, and rapid incident response architectures within the hospitality sector. In his current role at Marriott International, he directs cross-functional security teams responsible for protecting critical data privacy systems, secure transaction pathways, and over 500,000 endpoint networks spanning more than 9,000 properties across 133 countries.

Maru specializes in building tactical incident response plans that blend swift threat containment with technical systems analysis to protect against a range of risks, from point-of-sale device tampering to sophisticated unauthorized network access. Throughout his extensive career at Marriott, he has successfully steered security operations through complex mitigation landscapes, implementing automated compliance protocols that drastically reduce threat remediation timelines and achieve 99% compliance metrics. A recognized industry authority, Maru holds a Master of Science in Information Systems Management from Carnegie Mellon University and is a regular speaker on zero-trust architectures and data resilience at premier technical forums including the Cyber Security & Cloud Congress.