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Anu Bhakthadas

Pune

Summary

Information Security professional looking for an environment that nourishes skills, and leads towards growth and excellence, to meet personal and organizational goals.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Consultant

Ernst and Young LLP
Pune
02.2024 - Current
  • Conducted a gap assessment against the RBI Master Direction on IT Governance, Risk, Controls, and Assurance, Cyber Resilience and Digital Payments Security Controls for one of the leading NBFCs.
  • Performed a focused review per RBI's Change and Access Management Advisory 1, 2024.
  • Developed a unified control framework for an international bank to ensure compliance with Indian regulations and advisories.
  • Conducted a system audit against the VKYC Circular, Sahamati Account Aggregator community guidelines.
  • Conducted the annual audit as per UIDAI guidelines for AUA/KUA for one of the leading NBFCs.
  • Conducted annual audit as per ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 22301:2019

Senior Consultant - Risk Advisory

Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
Pune
05.2022 - 01.2024
  • Managed and assisted on various Cyber Audit engagements covering Organizational Compliance with Change Management, User Access Management, Incident Management, and Patch Management.
  • Performed Digital Payment Security Controls (DPSC) Gap Assessment for one of the leading banks.
  • Performed half-yearly audits for one of the leading banks based on the circulars, advisories, and alerts issued by the RBI and CERT-In.
  • Conducted the general process and the pre-go-live audit for the security solutions deployed at the data center.
  • Performed a cybersecurity audit on a half-yearly basis for one of the leading banks, per the cybersecurity framework issued by the RBI and SEBI.
  • Performed branch and infrastructure audits of ATMs in high-risk zones, per the guidelines and advisory issued by the RBI.
  • Managed the RBI submissions and effective governance for the bank.
  • Conducted a user access management audit for critical network elements for one of the leading telecom clients.
  • I audited the Aadhaar Data Vault and Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS) application as per the guidelines issued by UIDAI.

Business Associate

Tech Mahindra
Pune
10.2021 - 05.2022
  • Provide technical and analytical support to Operations by conducting accurate and quality auditing as per the annual audit plan.
  • Highlight errors and gaps in processes to support Operations in meeting customer expectations while meeting compliance requirements with the Company's policies and industry regulations.
  • Ensuring completion of audit assignments on a daily basis as per defined timelines.
  • Documenting and reporting all audit findings on a daily basis and ensure reporting of process gaps and compliance errors in a timely manner.
  • Conducting thorough analysis of the audit findings to ensure accuracy of the audit activities.

Project Coordinator

Cummins
07.2021 - 10.2021
  • Supporting Cummins Sales and Services North America business in executing end-to-end technical service events.
  • Assists with budget planning and tracking, research, and providing input into the design and development of project plans and timelines.
  • Developing resource (expense and headcount) plans using recommended project management tools and processes to manage resources effectively.
  • Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

Cyber Security Intern

Andy Infosec
08.2020 - 09.2021
  • Researching on OWASP API Security Top 10 vulnerabilities and blogging on Medium.com.
  • Strategy making for the social media campaigns as well as designing the social media posts for the upcoming campaigns using Photoshop, Illustrator.

Sales Manager

White Hat Jr
10.2020 - 06.2021
  • Intensely following up with the prospects and closing the sales within the sales cycle. Diligently communicating and priming the lead through channels like email, WhatsApp, SMS, calls.
  • Achieving the weekly targets in a high-pressure performance-driven competitive environment.

Programmer Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solutions
04.2015 - 04.2017
  • Development using Informatica power center to develop the required mappings that perform Extraction, Transformation, and Loading (ETL) of source data into databases as per the business requirements for MetLife clients in the Insurance industry.
  • Responsible for creating unit test cases and unit testing of the developed mappings business logic functions for timely delivery and acceptance.
  • Updating of KMS (Knowledge Management System) repository and knowledge transfer sessions with the client and documenting the mapping.

Education

MBA - Digital And Telecom Management

Symbiosis International University
01.2020

BE - Computer Engineering

Pune University
01.2014

HSC - Science

Maharashtra State Board
01.2010

SSC -

Maharashtra State Board
01.2008

Accomplishments

  • Received the 'Emerging Extraordinaire' Award in 2024 at Ernst & Young LLP
  • Volunteered in 'Talking Book Initiative' in 2025 as part of outreach activity at Ernst & Young LLP
  • Received Spot Award for exceptional performance under the category 'Gone Above and Beyond' in 2023 at Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
  • Volunteered at an NGO for teaching kids as part of an outreach activity at Cognizant, Kolkata, in 2015

Timeline

Senior Consultant

Ernst and Young LLP
02.2024 - Current

Senior Consultant - Risk Advisory

Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
05.2022 - 01.2024

Business Associate

Tech Mahindra
10.2021 - 05.2022

Project Coordinator

Cummins
07.2021 - 10.2021

Sales Manager

White Hat Jr
10.2020 - 06.2021

Cyber Security Intern

Andy Infosec
08.2020 - 09.2021

Programmer Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solutions
04.2015 - 04.2017

MBA - Digital And Telecom Management

Symbiosis International University

BE - Computer Engineering

Pune University

HSC - Science

Maharashtra State Board

SSC -

Maharashtra State Board

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