Araveinth Gopinath

Araveinth Gopinath is a transformational cybersecurity leader with over two decades of rich, cross-functional experience across information security, data protection, risk management, and technology governance. As the Group Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Yubi, India’s largest debt marketplace and a fast-scaling fintech unicorn, he is responsible for designing and executing the company’s enterprise-wide security and privacy strategy.

A visionary with deep technical roots and business acumen, Araveinth has spent the past 20+ years building security from the ground up—starting from his early days in Chennai to now protecting a global fintech ecosystem. His journey reflects a consistent focus on clarity, accountability, and people-first security leadership.

At Yubi, Araveinth has been instrumental in embedding security as a business enabler, not a bottleneck. He has:

Designed and implemented a Zero Trust Architecture to safeguard infrastructure and applications across cloud-native environments.

Operationalized DevSecOps and product assurance frameworks that align with rapid fintech development cycles.

Segregated sensitive data environments for Aadhaar, PAN, and financial identifiers—introducing vault-based storage and tokenization to ensure data privacy.

Led the company’s readiness for India’s DPDP Act, mapping data flows, enforcing retention policies, and aligning with global privacy frameworks like GDPR.

His leadership has helped Yubi scale securely across regulated markets—ensuring resilience, customer trust, and compliance readiness at every growth milestone.

Earlier in his career, Araveinth spearheaded the setup of a Security Operations Center (SOC) that aggregated logs and monitored threats from over 52 countries—a centralized and resilient model for threat detection and response. He led risk and control harmonization across geographies, integrated 14+ threat intelligence feeds, and oversaw 24/7 SOC operations.

He has also built Red and Purple Team capabilities in-house, driving continuous testing, adversary simulation, and cyber crisis drills to proactively strengthen the organization's posture.

Araveinth’s work has earned him recognition in the CSO100 Evangelist Awards, and he is regularly featured in industry forums, panel discussions, and knowledge-sharing summits. He contributes articles on:

AI-driven threats to LLM/RAG systems

Responsible governance for DPDP

Fintech-specific data protection and compliance frameworks

He is passionate about demystifying cybersecurity for boards, founders, and product leaders, helping them understand risk in a business context.

What distinguishes Araveinth is his ability to combine strategic foresight with operational discipline. His leadership style emphasizes:

Acting as a partner, not a gatekeeper, to business teams

Sponsoring upskilling and mentoring programs for future security leaders

Cultivating a culture of trust, awareness, and resilience

He believes security is ultimately about enabling safe innovation—and his mission is to make that possible across every layer of the enterprise.