Arvin Bansal is CISO and an IT executive at C&S Wholesale Grocers, leading cybersecurity across a $30 billion enterprise. A two time Fortune CISO, he has led security transformation across multiple industries. Arvin is a Columbia Business School MBA and Harvard Business School PLD alumnus and author of the TRACE Agentic AI Security Framework. He contributes to the security community through RSA, Gartner, Black Hat MEA, Google Cloud Next and nonprofit board service.
2026 NewYorkCISO ORBIE Awards · Large Enterprise Finalist
Arvin Bansal
CISO
C&S Family of Companies
I believe cybersecurity starts with understanding the business. My team has helped secure multiple acquisitions and integrations, including a $2 billion transaction, enabling growth, accelerating synergies and protecting critical operations through major change. We strengthened resilience across a critical food distribution network serving thousands of retailers, communities, and government and military customers, while creating a secure path for AI innovation. I am most proud that we achieved these outcomes by bringing talented people together, listening to different thoughts, challenging old ways of working, and empowering the team to deliver what matters most to the business.












