Hiral Patel
Gandhinagar
Summary
Hiral is currently serving multinational organizations as a Consultant and Lead Auditor for Information Systems Audit, Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) and Information Security Management System (ISMS). She is a Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) and ISO 27001 Lead Auditor with more than 4 years of experience in IS Auditing, Consulting and Training. Her expertise are Risk Based Audit, IT Risk Identification, IT Risk Assessment, IT Risk Management, Policy Formulation and implementation, ISO 27001 implementation, Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) and Control Assessment.
Additionally, she holds 15+ years of experience of Teaching as an Associate Professor and Assistant Professor in the Information Technology and Cybersecurity at University level. She is a PhD in Computer Science focusing on Fraud Detection Model using Machine Learning. She has developed several courses in computer science and cybersecurity and conducted various training programs.
She has curated a training program (professional certificate) called 'Associate Information Systems Auditor (AISA)', which has received a tremendous attention and response from Cybersecurity Professionals and System Auditors of leading global companies worldwide. She has trained and Certified more than 1500+ professionals, with an average experience of 12+ years, representing 150+ global companies including 30+ fortune 500 companies from 30 countries have either advanced or kick-started their career in Information Systems Audit through upskilling/reskilling training programs of Hiral.
She wrote a book 'The Beginners Guide to Information System Audit' (https://amzn.eu/d/fJi8REV) published in 10 countries (USA, UK, India, Australia, New Zealand, France, Italy, Denmark, Brazil and Japan) as well as available on Kindle. Her research papers were published in reputed international journals.
With the noble objectives of empowering millions of individual across the world she has Founded a NOT-FOR-PROFIT organization 'GISA COUNCIL' which acts as a certifying body for various skills in the InfoSec domain. Organic Farming and Nurturing Environment is an integral part of Hiral's life. She loves Meditation.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Founder & Director
SMIC (InfoSec Consulting)
05.2023 - Current
SMIC infosec is a Cyber Security Consulting company offering following services
(A) Governance, Risk and Compliance
- Information & IT Systems Audit
- ISO/IEC 27001 (Information Security Management System)
- ISO 31000 (Risk Management)
- ISO 22301 (Security and Resilience - BCMS)
- ISO 27701 (Privacy Information Management System)
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance
- Indian Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act 2023 Compliance
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF)
- Compliance to Local Regulation Guidelines (Law of Local Land)
(B) Cyber Security Services
- Cyber Security Assessment
- Source Code Analysis
- Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing (VAPT)
- Application Security Assessment
- Controls Assessment
(C) Corporate Training - Cyber Security and Information Security Domain
Director
GISA Council
05.2023 - Current
- Global Information Systems Auditors Council (GISA Council), is an international, a NOT-FOR-PROFIT organization dedicated to promote cyber security, privacy and information systems audit training and certification to prepare individual as well as enterprises securing digital assets
- GISA Council offers bunch of certifications aligned with global skill demands for cyber security domain
- GISA Council certified professionals are serving more than 150+ global enterprises; including 30+ fortune 500 companies, from more than 30 countries
Consultant - Information System Audit, Risk and Compliance
Freelance
05.2020 - 05.2023
(A) Governance, Risk and Compliance
- Information & IT Systems Audit
- ISO/IEC 27001 (Information Security Management System)
- ISO 27701 (Privacy Information Management System)
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance
(B) Cyber Security Services
- Cyber Security Assessment
- Source Code Analysis
- Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing (VAPT)
- Application Security Assessment
- Controls Assessment
Trainer - AISA, CISA, ISO 27001
Freelance
05.2020 - 05.2023
(A) Trainer - AISA, CISA, ISO 27001
- Design and develop a Training program on AISA (Associate Information Systems Auditor) to address the talent gap of Information Systems Auditor globally. Proprietary Program certified by GISA Council. Trained and Certified more than 500 professionals from 25+ countries globally serving more than 100 global enterprises.
- Trainer of CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor)
- Trainer of ISO 27001 LA
Associate Professor
Ganpat University
04.2020 - 03.2023
Teaching, Research, Consulting and Training
- Teaching Machine Learning, Cyber Security Information Systems Courses to Master Level students of computer science/application program
- Research in Fraud Detection with machine learning and Information Security
- Consulting and Training in Information Security Domain
Assistant Professor
Ganpat University
11.2006 - 03.2020
Teaching and Research
- Teaching Machine Learning, Cyber Security Information Systems Courses to Master Level students of computer science/application program
- Research in Fraud Detection with machine learning and Information Security
Education
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD - Financial Statement Fraud Detection and Machine Learning
Ganpat University
01.2018
Master of Computer Applications - MCA - undefined
Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University
01.2006
Bachelor of Technology - BTech - Production Engineering
Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya
01.2002
Skills
- IT Compliance
- IT Risk Management
- IT Audit
- ISMS Implementation
- ISO 27001 Implementation and Audit
- VAPT
Websites
Certification
- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
- ISO 27001 Lead Auditor - Information Security Certification
Languages
Hindi
English
Gujarati
Publications
Book: The Beginners Guide to Information System Audit
Awards
President Award for Institutional Capacity Building
Affiliations
- Member - ISACA
Timeline
Founder & Director
SMIC (InfoSec Consulting)
05.2023 - Current
Director
GISA Council
05.2023 - Current
Consultant - Information System Audit, Risk and Compliance
Freelance
05.2020 - 05.2023
Trainer - AISA, CISA, ISO 27001
Freelance
05.2020 - 05.2023
Associate Professor
Ganpat University
04.2020 - 03.2023
Assistant Professor
Ganpat University
11.2006 - 03.2020
Master of Computer Applications - MCA - undefined
Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University
Bachelor of Technology - BTech - Production Engineering
Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD - Financial Statement Fraud Detection and Machine Learning
Ganpat University
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