Bhushan Kulkarni
Information Security Manager
Pune
Summary
With 17+ years experience, I excel in cybersecurity, risk management, and strategy implementation. Proven success in safeguarding sensitive data, mitigating risks, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Adept in driving innovation & compliance. Excellent Team Management skills.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
1
1
Language
Work History
Product Owner, Service Manager
Credit Suisse Services AG
11.2021 - Current
- Led and directed data protection initiatives (DLP endpoint and network protect, MIP Labelling Classifications) for a financial institution with ownership of ~800k CHF portfolio
- Established and managed a Data Protection DevSecOps team, ensuring continuous service improvement, resulting in a 30% reduction in data breaches
- Made impactful decisions on endpoint security for the firm and service within the areas managed by the Data Protection Department
- The decisions allowed to improve the data security practices that allowed to improve incident detection by 5% margin
- Crafted and secured stakeholder buy-in for a comprehensive Data Protection Roadmap for endpoint security, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery through close collaboration with key stakeholders in Cyber Ops and BU CISO
- Collaborated with Segment contacts to understand their needs, enhancing the Data Protection Roadmap based on business requirements
- Lead Governance meetings to drive direct oversight across technology domains, thereby enhancing the Data Protection framework to bolster endpoint security
- Assessed data risk and prioritized deliveries of various Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions, demonstrating a strong ability to make risk-based decisions
- Achieved a 10-15% reduction in false positives in the DLP Security Operations incident management process, enabling swift incident responses to potential breaches and reducing SLA cycles by 10-15%
- Successfully handled regulatory authorities such as FINMA, MAS, RBI etc
- To fulfill transparency and accountability obligations in data protection area
- Spearheaded the development and implementation of Data Security Best Practic for endpoint security, endorsed by the group CISO, promoting data security awareness
- Coached and supported senior leaders and employees in data security, positioning as the go-to person for identifying and reducing potential data security weaknesses and compliance risks
- Integrated DLP capabilities into an Insider Threat program, bolstering endpoint security measures during a significant merger while ensuring regulatory compliance through global collaboration with DevSecOps teams
- Streamlined Data Protection Policy Implementation, reducing the timeframe from 6-9 months to 2-3 months and achieving a 30% reduction in data breaches for select business lines
- This new security workflow allows monitoring of sensitive data types such as Personally Identifying Information (PII), source code etc
- Successfully led a work stream post-merger to provide integrated tools and processes for data protection, ensuring transparency and regulatory compliance
- Leading program to onboard new cutting-edge endpoint security products into the product portfolio to replace legacy, EOL products.
Vice President
Credit Suisse Services AG
06.2014 - Current
Global Service Operations Manager, India Risk & Compliance Lead for Hosting
Pune
06.2014 - 11.2021
- Managed service delivery, improved quality, and owned continual service improvement initiatives, reducing SLA figures by 40% to meet regulatory deadlines
- Promoted to VP and assumed the role of Global Service Operations Manager, serving as the single point of contact for internal, external, and regulatory IT audit compliance
- Spearheaded automation programs, achieving a 40-50% reduction in time to market for server provisioning and successfully delivering audit & compliance programs
- Led Employee Engagement initiatives, delivering tech leadership talks and newsletters to promote a risk and compliance culture within the infrastructure services group
- Played a key role in the Six Sigma Program, reducing overall time to market for server provisioning by 40-50% and achieving IT Security policy compliance through process automation.
Infrastructure Project & Delivery Manager
Optimum Solutions Pte Ltd
10.2011 - 06.2014
- Successfully executed an end-of-life remediation project to achieve MAS compliance and annual savings of around $400k.
Full Time MBA Student
Hult International Business School
08.2010 - 09.2011
Analyst
BlackRock Advisors Singapore Pte Ltd.
12.2008 - 06.2010
- Chaired as first line of contact with all critical incident and escalation calls as shift lead.
Senior System Consultant
Optimum Solutions Pte Ltd
04.2007 - 11.2008
- Optimized datacenter capacity, reducing power consumption by 50KW through server consolidation, decommissioning, and relocation.
System Administrator
HSBC Software Development India Pvt.ltd
02.2006 - 04.2007
- System Administration for HSBC datacenter (4000+ UNIX servers) in UK at London & South Yorkshire.
Customer Engineer
CMS Computers Limited
01.2005 - 02.2006
- Acted as SME to successfully deliver Cummins Global Desktop project in UK and Germany (onsite).
Education
Master of Business Administration -
08.2010 - 9 2011
Skills
Business Continuity
Risk Mitigation
Endpoint Security
Product Management
Consulting
Digital Transformation
Banking
Regulatory Requirements
Cyber Defense
Financial Services
Information Privacy
Product Leadership
Key Risk Indicator
Policy Governance
Service Management
Security Engineering
Process Improvement
Enterprise Security
Decision Making
Analytics
Design Verification
Innovation
Security Awareness
Risk Management Framework
Global Service Operations Manager
India Risk & Compliance Lead for Hosting
Infrastructure Project & Delivery Manager
Full Time MBA Student
Analyst
Senior System Consultant
System Administrator
Customer Engineer
Certification
ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Details
Pune, India, +91-87963 69684, bhushank1@gmail.com
Timeline
Product Owner, Service Manager - Credit Suisse Services AG
11.2021 - Current
Vice President - Credit Suisse Services AG
06.2014 - Current
Global Service Operations Manager, India Risk & Compliance Lead for Hosting - Pune
06.2014 - 11.2021
Infrastructure Project & Delivery Manager - Optimum Solutions Pte Ltd
10.2011 - 06.2014
Full Time MBA Student - Hult International Business School
08.2010 - 09.2011
Hult International Business School - Master of Business Administration,
08.2010 - 9 2011
Analyst - BlackRock Advisors Singapore Pte Ltd.
12.2008 - 06.2010
Senior System Consultant - Optimum Solutions Pte Ltd
04.2007 - 11.2008
System Administrator - HSBC Software Development India Pvt.ltd
02.2006 - 04.2007
Customer Engineer - CMS Computers Limited
01.2005 - 02.2006