We are better placed to withstand Covid-19 impact: Cognizant CEO Humphries

In a Q&A, Brian Humphries says his firm has handled the ransomware attack well and doesn't see any impact on client engagement

After withdrawing its revenue guidance for this year owing to the Covid-19 crisis, Cognizant sees most of the impact of the pandemic and Maze ransomware attack to be felt in the second quarter of this year. However, the IT services firm is confident of weathering the storm on the back of its strong balance sheet and higher share of business coming from banking and healthcare verticals. In a conversation, Brian Humphries, CEO of the Nasdaq-listed company tells Debasis Mohapatra that the firm continues to invest in human resources and will onboard around 20,000 fresh graduates this year. Edited excerpts: 

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