10 S&P Global security leaders
Murali Meruga, Head - Security Architecture & Engineering at S&P Global, is one of ten S&P Global security leaders listed here, alongside people who hold senior director, head and director roles in information security, cloud security and cyber threat intelligence. A reader can learn how security leaders work at S&P Global from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Amy Dearwester
LinkedInExperience: Director of Information Security, Risk and Compliance · S&P Global
Amy Dearwester has been Director of Information Security, Risk and Compliance at S&P Global since July 2024 and was Associate Director - Information Security Strategy and Innovation there (2022–2024). At IBM they were Application Security Consultant (2021–2022) and Staff Software Engineer (2010–2021). The listing places them in the Dayton Metropolitan Area.
Cyndy Huang
LinkedInExperience: Director, Cybersecurity Compliance & Governance · S&P Global
Cyndy Huang has been Director, Cybersecurity Compliance & Governance at S&P Global since April 2021 and also lists a current Director, Technology Risk & Governancce row there since April 2025, spelled that way in the listing. They were Lead Network Engineer at S&P Global from December 2003 to April 2021. The listing places them in Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States.
Gaurav Saxena
LinkedInExperience: Head of Cloud Security · S&P Global
Gaurav Saxena has been Head of Cloud Security at S&P Global since April 2024 and also lists a current Director - Cyber Security (Cloud) row there since December 2017. They were Manager - Cloud Services at Cognizant (2015–2017) and Deputy Manager - IT Operations at IGATE (2007–2015). The listing places them in Princeton, New Jersey.
Imran Khan, Veteran
LinkedInExperience: Director Information Security · S&P Global
Imran Khan, Veteran has been Director Information Security at S&P Global since May 2025 and also lists current Associate Director - Information Security rows at S&P Global and IHS Markit since February 2021. They list IT Operations, Information Security, Risk & Compliance, ISMS & SCADA Audits at the Government of India (2001–2021).
Jason Heath
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Unified Endpoint Platform and Vulnerability Management · S&P Global
Jason Heath has been Senior Director Unified Endpoint Platform and Vulnerability Management at S&P Global since October 2024. At Wells Fargo they were Information Security Manager (2020–2024), Technical Relationship Manager (2019–2020), Senior Information Security Engineer (2011–2019) and Network Administrator Analyst (2000–2009).
jayaram Y.
LinkedInExperience: Director - Application Security · S&P Global
jayaram Y. has been Director - Application Security at S&P Global since October 2025 and also lists a current Associate Director row there since December 2023. At S&P Global they were also Lead 1 information security analyst (2020–2023) and lead information security analyst (2018–2020), and Senior Information Security Analyst at Netenrich (2017–2018).
Murali Meruga
LinkedInExperience: Head - Security Architecture & Engineering · S&P Global
Murali Meruga has been Head - Security Architecture & Engineering at S&P Global since January 2025 and also lists a current Director - Information Security row there since July 2016. They were IT Security Officer at ICAP (2014–2016), and at NYSE they were Managing Director - Security Engineering (2010–2014) and Sr Technical Director - Security Technology (2009–2010).
Nicolò C.
LinkedInExperience: Director of Information Security, Cyber Risk and Compliance - Market Intelligence · S&P Global
Nicolò C. has been Director of Information Security, Cyber Risk and Compliance - Market Intelligence at S&P Global since September 2024. They were Head of Cloud Ops Services and InfoSec - S&P Global Market Intelligence (2022–2024), and at IHS Markit they were Head of Cloud Ops Services and InfoSec - Financial Services Solutions (2020–2022).
Rea James
LinkedInExperience: Global Director of Cyber Threat Intelligence · S&P Global
Rea James has been Global Director of Cyber Threat Intelligence at S&P Global since August 2026. At Barclays they held Global Director of Cyber Threat Intelligence (2024–2026) and Director of Intelligence Management (2023–2024), and they were Global Strategic Threat Intelligence Lead at Vodafone (2021–2023). The listing places them in the London Area, United Kingdom.
Ved Mishra
LinkedInExperience: Director of Cloud Security Architecture S&P Global · S&P Global
Ved Mishra has been Director of Cloud Security Architecture S&P Global since December 2024. They were Vice President, Senior Security Architect at Goldman Sachs (2018–2024) and Senior Information Security Consultant SecArch & Threat Modeling Penetration Testing Specialist at Aujas Security Solution (2017–2018). The listing places them in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
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