Vijay Mauree

Vijay Mauree

Vijay Mauree works at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), since 2010 and has over 30 years of experience in project management and cybersecurity. He is the focal point for Digital Finance, digital public infrastructure and AI security at the Standardization Bureau in ITU. He leads the Digital Financial Services Security Lab which conducts security audits on mobile payment applications used in emerging economies and collaborates with DFS regulators and providers to enhance security of digital finance and adoption of international standards and best practices for security of digital financial inclusion and fintech. He manages the collaboration with OpenWallet Foundation for the OpenWallet Forum project which aims at global interoperability for digital wallets and credentials. He assists the OpenWallet Forum Government Consultative Committee in its work on government policies for digital wallets. He assists the United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) Thematic Group on digital public infrastructure for cities. In addition, Vijay coordinates the secretariat for the ITU-T Focus Group on Costing models for affordable data services and the AI and Multimedia Authenticity Standards Collaboration under the World Standards Cooperation. He coordinated the work of the ITU-T Focus Group Digital Financial Services and ITU-T Focus Group Digital Currency including Digital Fiat Currency and the Financial Inclusion Global Initiative (FIGI) from 2017 to 2021. FIGI was a joint programme of the ITU, World Bank, Bank for International Settlements and supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He led the FIGI Security, Infrastructure and Trust Working Group which investigated the security threats to the DFS Ecosystem and developing technical reports and guidelines to enhance trust in DFS.

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    International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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    Programme Coordinator, Strategic Engagement Dept, TSB
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