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Ithaca College
​Cybersecurity Program

             Advisory Board Member Profile

Amit Basu
International Seaways, Inc.
Vice President, CIO & CISO

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Areas of Expertise:
Cybersecurity Basics, Cybersecurity Strategy, Cybersecurity Risk Management, Implementation Issues with Cybersecurity
Amit Basu is Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at International Seaways (INSW). INSW, headquartered in New York city, is one of the largest tanker companies providing energy transportation services for crude oil and petroleum products worldwide.  Amit is a proven IT leader with over 30 years of successful track record of achieving organizational efficiency leveraging information technology. He has almost 25 years of experience in maritime IT. Prior to INSW, he worked with Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) from 1995 and was their CIO between 2014 and 2016.  Amit was a pioneer in maritime industry process automation and is lately driving the digitalization efforts leveraging cloud computing and SaaS.

Amit holds an MBA as well as a Master of Science degree in Information Management from the Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey. Amit is certified in Cybersecurity Risk Management by HarvardX and also a Certified Information Security Manager from ISACA. Amit is a member of the Governing Body of New York CIO Executive Summit.

Amit is also instrumental in designing a cybersecurity risk management framework at INSW for protecting information assets against potential cyber risks; monitoring the emergence of new threats and vulnerabilities; timely detection and efficient response to any cyber incidents. He is currently focusing on leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to enhance cyber security defense efforts, especially to mitigate the security risks of the Internet of Things (IoT).

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​ Cybersecurity Certificate Program
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LOCATION

82 Nassau St. #807
New York, NY 10038


CONTACT US

Robin Danscuk - Zschool Program Director
Email: robin@cyber.ithaca.edu
Phone: (917) 268-8897
  • Home
  • About
    • Cybersecurity Difference
    • Why Cybersecurity
    • Academic Overview
    • About Zschool
    • FAQ
  • Upcoming Class Dates
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    • Curriculum
    • In-Class Program
    • Online Program
    • Program FAQ'S
  • Corporations
    • Custom Programs
    • Corporate Program FAQ
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