Beyond Borders, Beyond Bandwidth: A CIO/CISO's High-Seas Mission
InfomationWeek, Tuesday, August 26th, 2025
Amit Basu says it wasn't the beckoning seas that hooked and reeled him into the maritime industry. It was the sirens' call of ongoing innovation that lured and anchored him there.
Amit Basu walked into a bank to become a pioneering software developer, only to set sail years later for the greater freedom offered by the maritime industry. 'Ironically, it wasn't the domain but the technology that drew me in.
While banks were still running older systems, this company was deploying the latest in database platforms. That technical edge attracted me and, as it turns out, anchored me,' says Basu who is now CIO and CISO at International Seaways, which owns and operates a large fleet of seagoing vessels to transport crude oil and refined petroleum products worldwide.