A thought Cyber Security and Risk Practitioner with around 14 years of experience in Cyber Security, IT Risk Management, IT Infrastructure Mgmt, PCI-DSS assessments, Business Resilience, Data Privacy, Audit & Compliance. I am well equipped with the Risk and Cyber security challenges & opportunities of Digital Transformation.
In my current role, I am responsible for the assessing, designing, implementing & managing the overall Information Security Program. In addition, I am also involved in assessing the IT Risk Management.
Prior to joining Protiviti, I had worked with EY Pakistan as Cyber Security Manager and Deloitte & Touche Pakistan as the Cyber Security Consultant where i have been managing the Risk, Cyber Security, Business Resilience & Privacy engagements.
I have a breadth of experience in assessing and designing innovative strategic IT solutions for organizations across the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan & Afghanistan and across various industries including Financial Institute, Tourism, Healthcare, Telecom, Oil & Gas, Aviation & Government organizations.
Awards and Honors:
Awarded one month International secondment while working with Deloitte Pakistan for Deloitte Dubai for Penetration Testing Project.
Awarded Scholarship to study as an exchange student in the year 2004 by the ASSOCIATION OF COMMON WEALTH
Awarded Scholarship from CISCO to take CISCO CyberOPS training and certification
Selected Speaking Engagements
Speaker @ Iqra University - 2018 - Pakistan
Topic: Cyber Security Challenges
Speaker @ MAJU University - 2012 - Pakistan
Topic: Rethink Cybersecurity in the Era of Digital Transformation
Visiting Faculty @ NED University – (2016-2018) - Pakistan