Deepak Vaishnav
Mumbai
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Information Security Officer
Aditya Birla Group
Mumbai
04.2022 - Current
- Oversaw incident response teams in the event of a security breach or system failure.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge of emerging threats and vulnerabilities within the IT industry.
- Provided executive leadership team with updates on the status of IT security programs.
- Monitored compliance with data protection regulations and internal policies.
- Trained staff on information security topics such as password management, social engineering awareness, mobile device usage policy.
- Participated in industry forums and conferences related to information security best practices.
- Reviewed access control logs to ensure only authorized personnel had access to sensitive data.
- Provided technical advice and guidance on secure coding practices for software development teams.
- Led investigations into potential breaches of confidential data or intellectual property theft.
- Established procedures for responding promptly to any suspected information security incidents.
- Coordinated with other departments on security initiatives such as risk management, disaster recovery planning, and business continuity planning.
- Ensured that all changes made to production environments are properly tested before implementation.
- Managed security operations center activities including threat monitoring, analysis, investigation, and response.
- Created detailed reports outlining findings from audits and reviews conducted by external auditors.
- Monitored network traffic for suspicious activities and unauthorized access attempts.
- Implemented multi-factor authentication solutions across multiple platforms and applications.
- Conducted regular vulnerability assessments to identify weaknesses in existing infrastructure.
- Collaborated with legal department on privacy issues related to customer data collection.
- Performed regular penetration testing exercises to evaluate the effectiveness of existing controls.
- Assisted in developing strategies for responding to cyber threats such as malware attacks, phishing attempts, or distributed denial-of-service attacks.
- Developed and implemented security policies, standards and procedures to protect company information systems.
- Managed new hire trainings and onboarding to educated employees on company policies and procedures.
- Managed organizational security posture by monitoring networks for potential threats, cyber espionage, malware and internal sabotage.
- Learned about latest security threats from blogs and online publications.
- Used penetration testing tools to identify weaknesses in security systems.
- Worked closely with fellow security personnel to remedy and alleviate technology issues.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to implement and update disaster recovery plans.
- Designed, implemented, and maintained security systems and controls.
- Analyzed system risk to identify and implement appropriate security countermeasures.
General Manager
Aditya Birla Group
Mumbai
05.2018 - 03.2022
- Assisted in developing technical specifications for customizations or modifications requested by customers.
- Analyzed customer requirements and provided recommendations on how to improve existing systems through PeopleSoft upgrades or enhancements.
- Implemented security measures such as role based access control for users accessing the PeopleSoft environment.
- Prepared user acceptance test scripts for PeopleSoft modules or applications.
- Created detailed reports summarizing project status updates for senior management review.
- Worked closely with vendors providing third party products integrated into the PeopleSoft platform.
Education
MBA - Project Management in Information Technology
Welingkar Institute of Management
Mumbai06-2022
Skills
- Incident response
- Threat monitoring
- Data protection
- Vulnerability assessment
- Access control
- Risk management
- Project management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Team collaboration
- Secure coding
- Employee training
- Project planning
- Planning and scheduling
- Project tracking
- Project scheduling
- Progress reporting
- Schedule management
- Strategic planning
- Document management
- Conflict management
- Project closure
- Coaching and mentoring
- Advanced problem solving
- Client relations
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Quality assurance and control
- Performance improvements
- Performance evaluations
- Budget control
- Stakeholder communications
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Purchasing and procurement
- Root-cause analysis
- Processes and procedures
- Team bonding
- Cost control
- Productivity improvement
- Vendor management
- Customer relations specialist
- Agile methodology
- Scope management
- Vendor sourcing
- Data analysis
- Resource allocation
Timeline
Chief Information Security Officer
Aditya Birla Group
04.2022 - Current
General Manager
Aditya Birla Group
05.2018 - 03.2022
MBA - Project Management in Information Technology
Welingkar Institute of Management
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