Zeshan Ahmad Email & Phone Number

Hyderabad, IN

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Develops and provides appropriate guidance on solutions to mitigate risks and enhance system security
• Build and facilitate technical risk assessment exercise
• Conduct ongoing security testings to ensure appropriate risks are adequately mitigated
• Prepare and present risk findings to technical audiences within Splunk
• Focus on developing and improving security processes, both within the technology and business organizations

Pune

• Strengthening information security governance for off-network subsidiaries by enhancing their compliance with the NIST Cyber-Security Framework (CSF) and CIS Critical Security Controls (CSC), and employing the.
• Ensuring the execution of penetration tests on the off-network subsidiaries, and validating the remediation of identified findings
• Collaborating with various cybersecurity enterprise teams to implement new controls in subsidiary environments, such as SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), and Endpoint.
• Enhancing business intelligence by developing and implementing four real-time dashboards for monitoring third-party risk management processes, which provides accurate visibility and generates actionable insights to.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Enhanced the third-party risk management process through continuous improvement initiatives, optimizing questionnaires, and ensuring alignment of controls
• Conducted peer QA reviews of work papers completed by Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to maintain quality standards, and facilitated effective stakeholder participation in the process
• Defined security baselines for newly scoped technologies and conducted reviews of existing solutions in coordination with respective solution owners as part of infrastructure riskmanagement; conducted assessments.
• Created and moderated threat intelligence podcasts to keep employees informed about currentattack situations, and conducted phishing demos to enhance user awareness; co-led efforts forthe cybersecurity awareness month.

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Orchestrated project management activities for a Fortune 100 company and Deloitte UK, ensuring thetimely delivery of assessments within defined SLAs
• Implemented accurate reporting mechanisms and effectively handled escalations; developed Excel macros for Johnson & Johnson, streamlining the report drafting phase of assessments and enhancing the quality of final.
• Conducted Third Party Risk Assessments and performed Quality Assurance on deliverables
• Demonstrated expertise in information security governance by preparing a Security Annexure for a Fortune 100’a planned B2B application
• Aligned controls with EU country-wise requirements and ensured compliance with ISO 27001 and ISO 27799 standards

Hyderabad Area, India

• Executed comprehensive project management activities for a Fortune 100 company, including dataaggregation and cleaning for assessment schedules, proactive follow-up with business units and third parties, and.
• Maintained meticulous daily trackers and facilitated coordination among assessors from various domains to ensure assessments were conducted within defined SLAs
• Collaborated with clients and Deloitte developers to ensure that newly implemented Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) solutions met design and technical requirements
• Conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for every change implemented in the tool

Hyderabad Area, India

• Conducted comprehensive assessments on vendors for Fortune 500 clients, which covered key domains such as Information Security, Data Privacy, and Anti-Corruption & Bribery
• Worked as part of a high-performance team to design and implement the Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) program at a Fortune 500 Life Sciences client; executed the program effectively and later facilitated onsite.

Hosur Area, India

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Analytics

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Automobile Society