Seasoned & versatile professional with 16.5 years of cross-functional experience across highly reputed business establishments in Financial and Banking Sector industry, specialized skills in:Multi-vendor certified professional with expertise in various security solution areas such as firewalls, DLP and Endpoint Encryption, IDS/IPS, FIM, WAF, SIEM, Privilege access Management, Host Security Module & Vulnerability Management, etc.Familiar with regulations such as SOX, ISO 27001, PCI, etc.Skilled in developing and implementing information security & disaster recovery programs in accordance with organizational information security standardsSkilled in developing and maintaining information security policies, procedures, and control techniques to address all applicable requirements; ensuring that disaster recovery and business continuity plans are in place and tested; reviewing and approving security policies, controls and cyber incident response planning; approving identity and access policiesAdroit in reviewing investigations after breaches or incidents, including impact analysis and recommendations for avoiding similar vulnerabilities; current understanding the IT threat landscape for the industry; ensuring compliance with the changing laws & applicable regulationsExperienced in maintaining the organization's awareness of both technical control solutions as well as regulatory & policy developments in information security and data privacy; facilitating the formulation of long and short-range plans for the acquisition and implementation of new solutions & techniques for data protection appropriate for the associated regionConstantly updating the cyber security strategy to leverage new technology and threat information; briefing the executive team on status and risks, including taking the role of champion for the overall strategy and necessary budget; communicating best practices and risks to all parts of the business, outside ITExtensive Exceptional Team Leader skilled in performing and delegating all multiple duties in a respectful and professional manner; a superb coach, mentor and supervisor proven a long track record of executing principle responsibilitiesAbility to effectively lead a team, motivate staff to do better, make sound decisions and work with managers and staff at all levels of responsibility