BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CRA International, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAI), a worldwide leader in providing economic, financial, and management consulting services, today announced the addition of Aniket Bhardwaj, GCFA, GNFA, GREM, GCIA, MCP, to the firm’s Forensic Services Practice as a Vice President. Mr. Bhardwaj will be based in CRA’s Toronto office as CRA continues to expand its global cyber security offering.
“We are pleased to welcome Aniket Bhardwaj to the firm,” said Paul Maleh, CRA’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Aniket will greatly enhance CRA’s forensic services presence and client offerings in our Toronto office.”
Mr. Bhardwaj has more than a decade of experience specializing in incident response services, strategic & tactical threat intelligence, and cyber intrusion investigations across numerous industries, including financial institutions, manufacturing, energy, retailers and telecommunications amongst others. He was previously Senior Director and Head of Incident Response services at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Canada, and Manager in PwC US. Mr. Bhardwaj’s areas of focus include helping clients through crisis situations and breach response investigations concerning state-sponsored threat actors and organized crime groups and has worked on numerous intrusion investigations for companies related to cybercrime, data theft, threat detection, and incident remediation. When not working on crisis engagements, Mr. Bhardwaj leads pre- and post-incident service offerings, working with clients to improve their information security governance.
Kris Swanson, Vice President and Practice Leader for the Forensic Services Practice, added, “Aniket’s deep technical expertise will strengthen our team’s ability to assist clients who are both proactively managing and reactively responding to significant cyber and privacy risks.”
Bill Hardin, Vice President, added, “I look forward to seeing the strong contributions Aniket will provide to our cyber security team within Canada with his proven ability to skillfully guide clients through incident response cases.”
Mr. Bhardwaj earned a master’s degree in Security Informatics (Forensics & Cryptography) from Johns Hopkins University and is slated to pursue his MA in International Affairs from King’s College, London in Espionage & Surveillance.
CRA’s Cyber Security & Incident Response Practice
Having worked on thousands of matters, our team has an impressive repertoire of skills and capabilities, which we use to help our clients respond to and recover from a broad spectrum of incident response matters. Our professionals include information security experts, incident responders, former military, former government, former law enforcement officers, and computer forensics experts with deep technical and analytical skills, backed by decades of investigative and cybersecurity experience.
About Charles River Associates (CRA)
Charles River Associates® is a leading global consulting firm specializing in economic, financial, and management consulting services. CRA advises clients on economic and financial matters pertaining to litigation and regulatory proceedings, and guides corporations through critical business strategy and performance-related issues. Since 1965, clients have engaged CRA for its unique combination of functional expertise and industry knowledge, and for its objective solutions to complex problems. Headquartered in Boston, CRA has offices throughout the world. Detailed information about Charles River Associates, a registered trade name of CRA International, Inc., is available at www.crai.com. Follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.
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