Ankit Panwar Email & Phone Number

India

Experience Highlights:Information Security Audit: Information security review for multiple financial clients. Key activities: security review of Operating Systems, Databases, Business applications, Active Directories, and Networks Conducted multiple third party information security reviews for multiple companies. This included carrying out business process understanding and information security assessment/ Infrastructure audit of the firm’s vendors, risk identification, and mitigation… Show more Experience Highlights:Information Security Audit: Information security review for multiple financial clients. Key activities: security review of Operating Systems, Databases, Business applications, Active Directories, and Networks Conducted multiple third party information security reviews for multiple companies. This included carrying out business process understanding and information security assessment/ Infrastructure audit of the firm’s vendors, risk identification, and mitigation suggestions.SOX and IT Remediation Projects:Responsible for initiating and leading SOX audits for multiple clients across geographies. IT Risk remediation project to remediate all the risks highlighted during the audit within the bank for the middle east clients.Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery & Crisis Management:Performed BCMS implementation and developed the governance framework, conducted BIA, RA, and developed BCP’s, DR plan, DR activation plan, Call out process, Emergency response procedures, etc. and facilitated clients during ISO 22301. He developed Recovery Strategies and Business Continuity Plans (BCP) and implemented them to ensure continuity of critical processes.Facilitate all Internal, External, Statutory & Regulatory audits with RBI/ CSITE, UIDAI *Consulting Operations teams for closure of open observations and successfully managed to bring the number of open observations from three digits to two digits with a regular cadence and automation *Responsible for providing visibility on IT Controls and compliance status to Higher Management and IT strategy committee of the Board on a periodic basis *Designing and reviewing IT policies and procedures of Bank *Validation and submission of all regulatory and compliance returns *Extensive experience in leading automation projects for IT like inventory management and reconciliation, Alert and monitoring system, Change and Incident management, Application Tracking System (ATS), etc Show less

India

*Facilitate all Internal, External, Statutory & Regulatory audits with RBI/ CSITE, UIDAI *Consulting Operations teams for closure of open observations and successfully managed to bring the number of open observations from three digits to two digits with a regular cadence and automation *Responsible for providing visibility on IT Controls and compliance status to Higher Management and IT strategy committee of the Board on a periodic basis *Designing and reviewing IT policies and… Show more *Facilitate all Internal, External, Statutory & Regulatory audits with RBI/ CSITE, UIDAI *Consulting Operations teams for closure of open observations and successfully managed to bring the number of open observations from three digits to two digits with a regular cadence and automation *Responsible for providing visibility on IT Controls and compliance status to Higher Management and IT strategy committee of the Board on a periodic basis *Designing and reviewing IT policies and procedures of Bank *Liaising with Procurement, Risk, Legal, Finance and business function for IT Partners onboarding to off boarding, compliance checks, Agreements, SLAs, Payouts, vendor reviews, vendor resource Management etc. *Validation and submission of all regulatory and compliance returns *Extensive experience in leading automation projects for IT like inventory management and reconciliation, DAM implementation, RSA Archer, Alert and monitoring system, Change and Incident management, Application Tracking System (ATS), etc. Show less

Gurugram, Haryana, India

He has more than 6 years of experience in the field of BCMS implementation and Auditing, information security, SOX audits, business process reviews, Cloud & Network audits, ITGC, Application Audit, Application implementation support, and project management. Ankit has worked across the industries of Banking, manufacturing, telecom, insurance, logistics, and financial servicesExperience HighlightsBusiness Continuity, Disaster Recovery & Crisis Management:Performed BCMS… Show more He has more than 6 years of experience in the field of BCMS implementation and Auditing, information security, SOX audits, business process reviews, Cloud & Network audits, ITGC, Application Audit, Application implementation support, and project management. Ankit has worked across the industries of Banking, manufacturing, telecom, insurance, logistics, and financial servicesExperience HighlightsBusiness Continuity, Disaster Recovery & Crisis Management:Performed BCMS implementation and developed the governance framework, conducted BIA, RA, and developed BCP’s, DR plan, DR activation plan, Call out process, Emergency response procedures, etc. and facilitated clients during ISO 22301. He developed Recovery Strategies and Business Continuity Plans (BCP) and implemented them to ensure continuity of critical processes.He conducted various training sessions for employees. He conducted various levels of testing including call tree testing, tabletop testing, and simulation test. He has a strong knowledge of the business processes and services for Banking, logistics, IT services, and e-commerce.SOX and IT Remediation Projects:Responsible for initiating and leading SOX audits for multiple clients across geographies. IT Risk remediation project to remediate all the risks highlighted during the audit within the bank for the middle east clients. Information Security Audit: Information security review for multiple financial clients. Key activities: security review of Operating Systems, Databases, Business applications, Active Directories, and Networks Conducted multiple third party information security reviews for major insurance and healthcare firms in the USA. This included carrying out business process understanding and information security assessment/ Infrastructure audit of the firm’s vendors, risk identification, and mitigation suggestions. Show less

Gurugram, Haryana, India

Worked on application audits and on ITGC for US clients.

Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Led various risk-based audits with a view to identifying control weaknesses, non-adherence with policies and procedures, with adequate emphasis on the overall impact on the business.• Performing risk assessments and assisting in planning, executing, and reporting on integrated financial and technology audits.• Managed and executed audits for clients in the Manufacturing, Insurance, e-commerce, IT, telecommunications, financial, and hospitality sectors.• Pre- and… Show more • Led various risk-based audits with a view to identifying control weaknesses, non-adherence with policies and procedures, with adequate emphasis on the overall impact on the business.• Performing risk assessments and assisting in planning, executing, and reporting on integrated financial and technology audits.• Managed and executed audits for clients in the Manufacturing, Insurance, e-commerce, IT, telecommunications, financial, and hospitality sectors.• Pre- and Post-implementation reviews of information technology general controls over new financial and business systems.• Provided support to the clients in establishing manuals, procedures, and controls.• Perform various other reviews of IT management policies and procedures such as change management, business continuity planning/disaster recovery, and information security to ensure that controls surrounding these processes are adequate. Draft audit reports and obtain initial comments on audit findings in order to establish the correctness of audit observations.• Evaluates the adequacy and timeliness of management’s response and the corrective action taken on significant audit recommendations.• Implemented BCP and disaster recovery for a various client of TRC corporate consulting Show less

Gurugram, Haryana, India

I was associated with ACCENTURE through Allegis Group, as an Associate Software Engineer & currently handling the Internal Audit, ISO 27001, Client Audit, Spot Audit, SSAE 16 Audit, and Information Security Audit for Accenture India. I am a certified ISO27001 Lead Auditor (BSI).Role and responsibilities• Responsible for conducting Information security & Risk Internal and Spot audits on all client delivery projects of Accenture Delhi. I have helped Accenture conduct Preparatory… Show more I was associated with ACCENTURE through Allegis Group, as an Associate Software Engineer & currently handling the Internal Audit, ISO 27001, Client Audit, Spot Audit, SSAE 16 Audit, and Information Security Audit for Accenture India. I am a certified ISO27001 Lead Auditor (BSI).Role and responsibilities• Responsible for conducting Information security & Risk Internal and Spot audits on all client delivery projects of Accenture Delhi. I have helped Accenture conduct Preparatory assessments and awareness sessions towards Client / Third Party Audits.• The Agenda of the Internal / Spot audits is to measure the compliance status of Client contractual security / Risk requirements by the projects and work towards closure of the highlighted gaps within an agreed time frame. In addition to conducting internal audits on projects, I have also coordinated with other supporting functions like ITGC, HR, and Business continuity management during Client audits. • Processes covered during audits (Asset management, functional process, Disaster Recovery Management, System security management, capacity management, User account management, Problem management, Backup & Retention Management, logical access, change management, business continuity). Show less

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Placed as Team Leader of 5 members of the Internal Audit Team by the IT Head.• Analyzed the policy and procedure of different processes.• Analyzed there working, problems in the process, ensuring the integrity, reliability, and quality of the systems.Processes covered were (Asset management, SAP functional process, Disaster Recovery Management, LA, System security management, capacity management, User account management, Problem management (SAP & Non SAP), Backup & Retention… Show more • Placed as Team Leader of 5 members of the Internal Audit Team by the IT Head.• Analyzed the policy and procedure of different processes.• Analyzed there working, problems in the process, ensuring the integrity, reliability, and quality of the systems.Processes covered were (Asset management, SAP functional process, Disaster Recovery Management, LA, System security management, capacity management, User account management, Problem management (SAP & Non SAP), Backup & Retention Management). Show less

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Information Systems Management, A

Activities and Societies: ERP, SAP, Data Structure and Algorithm, Business Policy and Strategy, Project Management, UML, Business Analytics

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Computer Science, A

Activities and Societies: Member of Sun Microsystem Team

10 And 12, Computer Science