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Charitha Reddy

Bangalore

Summary

Information Security Risk Analyst with extensive experience at Deutsche India Pvt Ltd, excelling in informatoin security, risk management and regulatory compliance. Proven track record in leading audits and optimizing processes, while effectively engaging stakeholders. Skilled in Scrum methodology, I drive successful project outcomes and ensure adherence to governance standards.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Information Security Risk Analyst

Deutsche India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
03.2020 - Current
  • Scrum Master for over 900 TDI applications, and Chapter Lead for the bank's regulatory Information Security SOx program.
  • Perform risk assessments, highlight gaps, and adhere to policy and regulatory requirements.
  • End-to-end delivery of the Sox program, from onboarding the Sox applications to defining the DB SOx controls in line with the auditor's SOx requirements, program execution, training the stakeholders, reporting, and remediation of the gaps.
  • Preparation of the IS SOx evidencing closure status and non-compliance report for TDI ExCO and senior managment for sign off.
  • Involved in procuring evidences and prepartion of report for external and internal audits.
  • Monitor changes in the regulatory environment, and assess their impact on the risk profile. Advise senior management on appropriate actions based on results from analyses.
  • As a Scrum Master, conduct regular reviews of existing processes and procedures to ensure they are optimized for maximum efficiency and maintain the BOW.
  • Conduct retrospectives quarterly to identify areas for improvement for future projects.
  • Coordinate with stakeholders to prioritize backlog items, and ensure alignment with business objectives.

Information Technology and Application Owner(ITAO)

Deutsche India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
03.2015 - 03.2020
  • Project management of around 15 applications (platinum and regulatory) within the securities domain.
  • Point of contact for external and internal audits (MAS, RBI, KPMG, EY, PwC, ITGC, Group audits, and other internal audits).
  • Extended support as a release manager for applications under my ownership.
  • Responsible for completing the risk assessments, compliance evaluations, and remediation of the identified gaps.
  • Involved in onboarding banks' central solution tools, such as authentication mechanisms (WEBSSO/EIDP) and security monitoring tools (ASM/ConMon/DBDAM), of the bank to the applications.
  • Led various essential maintenance activities across applications, which include disaster recovery, scanning of hardcoded passwords and remediation, security monitoring, database migration, application penetration testing, and Veracode scanning of app code.

Quality Assurance Test Analyst

Accenture
Bangalore
08.2010 - 08.2012
  • Conducted functional, integration, and regression tests to detect defects in the system and log the defects.
  • Handled documentation of projects, requirement traceability matrices, risk management plans, and test status reports.
  • Scripting of high-level scenarios by interacting with the IT consultants.
  • Drafting test plans and test cases based on the design document.
  • Review of the business requirement document, design review, and documentation.
  • Part of automation testing (QTP).
  • Conducted User Acceptance Test sessions with the release managers and the implementation managers.

Education

Master of Science - Information System, Organisation And Management

Manchester Business School
Manchester, United Kingdom
09-2013

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

The Oxford College of Engineering
Bangalore, India
01-2010

Skills

  • Information security, IT & regulatory compliance, and governance
  • Risk and remediation management
  • Audit coordination
  • Project management and stakeholder engagement
  • Process optimization
  • Scrum methodology

Accomplishments

  • Awarded as the best ITAO in CB 2019
  • Awarded as the best ITAO for transformation and simplification program in 2016.
  • Contributed to a chapter in a book that was published globally in 2015

Chapter name: M&A decision-making process in high-tech sectors Book:The Practice of Behavioural Strategy.

  • Recognized as a "People Developer" in Accenture 2011 at Golbal Employee Survey.
  • Awarded the Excellence Accelerator award for "Contribution to productivity and improvement through automation".

Certification

  • COBIT certified
  • ITIL Certified
  • Oracle Certified Associate (SQL-1 and database administration

Timeline

Information Security Risk Analyst

Deutsche India Pvt Ltd
03.2020 - Current

Information Technology and Application Owner(ITAO)

Deutsche India Pvt Ltd
03.2015 - 03.2020

Quality Assurance Test Analyst

Accenture
08.2010 - 08.2012

Master of Science - Information System, Organisation And Management

Manchester Business School

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

The Oxford College of Engineering

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