Durgaprasad Balakrishnan

Durgaprasad Balakrishnan is a distinguished cybersecurity leader and innovator with 16+ years of expertise in Identity and Access Management (IAM), IT governance, and risk management. As Director of IAM Engineering at Visa, he drives enterprise-scale Zero Trust and data access governance initiatives that safeguard critical financial infrastructure. Recognized for his strategic vision and technical depth, he architects and modernizes large-scale IAM systems while streamlining compliance across complex environments. He contributes to the global cybersecurity community as a peer reviewer for IEEE and CSA publications, serves on working groups advancing AI, access control, and secure software, and shares thought leadership through conference panels, keynotes, and industry articles.