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Rahul Singh

Sydney

Summary

Experienced Cybersecurity professional with over 18 years of experience in the Cybersecurity industry, specializing in security of various types of technology ecosystems for global/regional organizations within multiple industries by effectively combining business acumen with technical cybersecurity knowledge. Proven track record of improving cybersecurity posture of businesses with respect to delivering services and partnering with the global/regional business unit leaderships. Provided enterprise security consulting in the areas such as cyber security risk & vulnerability management, breach/compromise assessment, governance, risk & compliance (GRC), vendor security assessment and security awareness & training.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
4
4

Certifications

Work History

Senior Mananger

PwC Australia
Sydney
04.2023 - Current
  • Manage large-scale projects and introduced new systems,
    tools, and processes to achieve the firm's objectives.
  • Recommend and implement successful strategies to
    maximize the cybersecurity maturity in the firm.
  • Assist the CISO of PwC New Zealand in handling operations
    of the NZ firm.
  • Manage PwC Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore member
    firms.

Business Information Security Officer (BISO)

PwC Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
10.2019 - 03.2023
  • Lead Global cyber security projects/programs for PwC Malaysia and Vietnam member firms
  • Support PwC Singapore, New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea member firms in various cyber security related activities and improve cyber security maturity
  • Work with PwC leadership in improving existing risk framework(s), practices, standards, etc.
  • Conduct analysis of Line of Service (Business Unit) needs in order to make appropriate decisions for implementation of global security strategy
  • Engage local, regional and global security risk teams in the review and re-engineering of key controls and processes to manage and reduce risk effectively and efficiently
  • Engage with Line of Service stakeholders to assess security threats/vulnerabilities and manage business risk
  • Facilitate business support from security architecture, engineering and Cyber Security Service Management throughout security service lifecycle
  • Govern Lines of Service for compliance with PwC's Information Security Policy (ISP) and legal/regulatory frameworks
  • Assist the Global Third Party Risk Management team in vendor risk assessments

Cybersecurity Manager

EY Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
10.2016 - 08.2019
  • Responded to RFQs, RFPs and gave technical as well as executive presentations to clients
  • Executed several large and complex projects related to penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, breach/compromise assessment, cyber security maturity assessment and cyber fraud investigation
  • Performed several cybersecurity maturity assessments on organizations and rank current state of cybersecurity maturity across various cyber security domains. Delivered report that covered current state, gaps, risks, recommendations and comprehensive roadmap for organization to help it achieve their desired state
  • Worked with clients to develop information security roadmaps and strategy, helped them in coming up with immediate, short term and long term plans
  • Managed and led any engagement related to compromise assessment, breach investigation, digital fraud, penetration testing & vulnerability assessment
  • Led team of consultants & ensured smooth project execution, and provided technical guidance while ensuring quality of deliverables
  • Consistently delivered projects as per planned timelines, conducted documentation quality checks across security domain including process and technical activities
  • Acted as subject matter expert (SME) for multiple cybersecurity and compliance projects

Information Security Manager

Standard Chartered Global Business Services
Kuala Lumpur
12.2014 - 02.2016

Part of the Bank's Third Party Risk Management team

  • Interacted with all levels of management within the Bank while performing third party security reviews of vendors and outsourced service providers across all of the Bank's markets
  • Effectively communicated and managed relationships with stakeholders globally
  • Assisted in ensuring compliance with relevant regulations covering third party security risk
  • Performed vendor assessments and created reports which included issue & risk statements, risk treatment plan, remediation timeline, etc.
  • Maintained register of third party security risks and ensure that deficiencies are mitigated
  • Supported any training and awareness initiatives relating to third party security risk

Information Security Specialist

DiGi Telecommunications, part of Telenor
Kuala Lumpur
10.2012 - 10.2014
  • Project manager for DDoS attack prevention and Mobile Device Management (MDM) projects
  • Created new policies (e.g. BYOD, MDM, Wireless Communication, etc.) as per new requirements and modified existing policies to ensure alignment to the group policy
  • Delivered several talks on information security awareness and on various other topics related to Information Security
  • Performed regular vulnerability assessments and penetration testing activities on network devices and applications
  • Acted as an Information Security (IS) Auditor, responsible for performing IS audits on teams responsible for various projects
  • Assisted in establishing InfoSec best practices in the company, gap analysis, risk assessment, control assessment, etc. Also involved in training junior team members on technical skills

Senior Consultant

Deloitte US - India
Hyderabad
10.2011 - 10.2012
  • Engaged in performing application (off-the-shelf, web based, thick client, mobile apps) security assessments. Part of the team that performed security assessments on a variety of applications
  • Involved in external and internal Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) diagnostics. Part of the team that was involved in CTI activities, including active threat monitoring, malware analysis, etc

Practice Consultant

Dell EMC
Bengaluru
05.2010 - 10.2011
  • RSA Archer eGRC Application Development and Customization
    Certified in RSA Archer product and was involved in Archer solution and application creation and customization
  • Vendor Security Risk Assessment
    Involved in conducting vendor risk assessment for a multinational client using RSA Archer vendor management suite
  • PCI DSS compliance
    Trained on PCI DSS compliance requirements and later assisted the compliance team in various related projects
  • SIEM (RSA envision and HP Arcsight)
    Worked on SIEM projects, also assisted in log analysis and correlation
  • Practice development related activities
    Involved in improving Information Security practice in the company, assisting in creating policies, identifying gaps, control recommendations, etc

Senior Information Security Risk Analyst

HSBC Global Technology
Pune
08.2005 - 04.2010
  • Performed web application security assessments of web applications for various HSBC banks
  • Lead instructor for HSBC Global Technology (GLT) India and trained over 500 developers on secure coding. Also delivered Information Security awareness talks to over 2000 HSBC employees
  • Part of project team for HSBC Group wide Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) and Role Based Access Control (RBAC) projects
  • Sent by HSBC GLT India management to HSBC GLT Guangzhou, China to train members of the security team

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

SGS Institue of Technology & Science
Indore, MP, India
06.2005

Skills

  • Broad and deep cybersecurity knowledge
  • Executive presence and leadership influencer
  • Strong technical cybersecurity skills
  • Application, infrastructure and cloud security
  • Third party security management
  • Penetration testing & vulnerability assessment
  • Compromise assessment
  • Security regulations compliance

Certification

  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
  • Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
  • ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
  • ISO 27001 Lead Auditor

Timeline

Senior Mananger

PwC Australia
04.2023 - Current

Business Information Security Officer (BISO)

PwC Malaysia
10.2019 - 03.2023

Cybersecurity Manager

EY Malaysia
10.2016 - 08.2019

Information Security Manager

Standard Chartered Global Business Services
12.2014 - 02.2016

Information Security Specialist

DiGi Telecommunications, part of Telenor
10.2012 - 10.2014

Senior Consultant

Deloitte US - India
10.2011 - 10.2012

Practice Consultant

Dell EMC
05.2010 - 10.2011

Senior Information Security Risk Analyst

HSBC Global Technology
08.2005 - 04.2010

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

SGS Institue of Technology & Science
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
  • Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
  • ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
  • ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Rahul Singh