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Bengaluru, Ka, In

Bangalore

Bangalore Area, India

Unit proprietor for Bankedge at Sahakarnagar Bangalore. 1. PROBE. Professional Banking Executive Program. Graduates from any steam aged less than 25 years of age with 50% marks and above are recruited for private sector Banks, post training in the Banking Domain.2. Digital Marketing Training through brand 'Digiedge'

Bangalore

Group of 260+ clients transition to IBM IT infrastructure from AT&T environment and processes. Responsible for identifying the security requirements, develop practicable plan to minimise risk, liaison between delivery team, regulatory team and the management for meeting regulatory requirements, providing expert advice to the management and delivery on security processes, guidance on security policy development, develop metric driven reporting, engage vendor and manage the audits, executive management reporting on security and compliance status, assess resource planning for steady state support.

Bangalore

Understanding compliance requirements, reviewed compliance metrics to resolve prevalent issues. Provided account teams assistance in operational metric reporting for their account. Continuously improved and standardized compliances processes and procedures. Provided guidance for quarterly Management Self-Assessment (MSA) process for security compliance. Lead milestone reviews for less than SAT accounts. Engaging GRC and delivery process owners for account support related to regulatory audits (HIPAA, SSAE16, FFIEC, Audit Readiness Reviews (ARR), Risk and Threat Management and independent account reviews)Prepared two accounts marked for corporate audit in 2016 to improve compliance posture through appropriate guidance and governance. Assisted them to Get to Green in the troubled areas.

Bangalore

Handled end-to-end compliance for IT infrastructure of supported client for adherence to IBM internal processes and IBM internal security policies. Responsible for audit execution and post audit assessments to minimize issues. Monitored closure of open risks. Ensured compliance governance and drove compliance related projects. Built governance around monitoring and reviewing security process issues. Substantially improved the servers health checking, patch management and inventory managements. Enhanced visibility to life cycle of inventory, servers health check and patch management.

Bangalore

Contributed for better audit management and the account is rated SAT in all the audits conducted in year 2011 and 2012. Assisted the account in solving pervasive compliance issues through effective monitoring and review process.Turned around KPIs for process compliance measurements. Spear headed in efforts in preparing the account for corporate audit which was rated SAT in the year 2011. Trained and built the compliance team as the account was growing in size.Trained multiple people supporting different accounts at various levels in compliance management for IBM compliance processes

Mumbai Area, India

Managed technical compliance through necessary assessments and audits. Identified risks and security requirements for IT infrastructures through management of identifying and engaging external vendor for Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing.

Mumbai Area, India

Lead 6 projects domestic and abroad inclusive in BS7799 / ISO 27001. Experinece in risk assessment, risk mitigation, establishing security policies and processes, certifying the organization for ISO 27001.Seamlessly implemented and executed crucial information security and risk and compliance projects for key clients such as Bajaj Auto, ACG Worldwide, Bank Sohar in Oman, VFS Global, Ministry of Tourism (Oman), Development Credit Bank, Shamrao Vithal Co-op Bank, Prabhudas Liladhar and Kotak Life Insurance in various locations across India and internationally. Established information security program at Bajaj Auto.Implemented Information Security Management System for Bank Sohar, Oman and got the facility certified to ISO 27001 standard and managed the facility for 6 months.Conducted risk assessment and developed policies and processes for Ministry of Tourism (Oman), Development Credit Bank, Shamrao Vithal Co-op Bank, Kotak Life Insurance.Conducted security audit and gap assessment at ACG Worldwide, VFS Global, Prabhudas LiladharProvided end user awareness trainings at multiple client locations.

Mumbai Area, India

Project Leader -April 2004 till July 2005Senior Executive Engineer- April 2002 to March 2004Executive Engineer-February 2000 to March 2002Member of BS7799 team engaged in internal BS7799 implementation.Managed the support for the products and solutions in a networked environment over ISDN, VSAT and Leased Line networks. Responsible for planning, scheduling engineers activities, follow up and co-ordination with development and testing team on software products. Directly responsible for customer interaction, feedback and AMC collections. Evaluation of customer setup before handholding.