Kyle Symonds

Background

About Kyle Symonds

Kyle is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), whom has over 10 years of experience specializing in IT controls assessments, external and internal audits, compliance, and quality improvement initiatives. Kyle's experience includes- Managing a diverse portfolio of external audit, internal audit, and compliance engagements, with robust experience in executing - and overseeing the execution of - SSAE 18 SOC 1 (AT-C 320), SOC 2 (AT-C 205), and compliance attestations (AT-C 315) engagements- Managing and overseeing IT compliance over complex data governance, network security, and infrastructure security components in order to achieve and exceed internal standards, as well as external audit requirements- Providing services to companies whom have highly complex IT environments in a variety of industries, including Retail and Consumer Products, Payment Card Industry, and Healthcare companies. He additionally has experience in leading control improvement initiatives and driving towards best practices for both standard and custom application platforms, as well as for manual business processes- Technical expertise in managing and executing audits and compliance efforts over IT general controls, pre/post-implementation reviews focused on security, configuration and segregation of duties- In addition to working with companies who have common platforms, he also has experience with numerous bespoke applications (including IaaS and SaaS solutions), identity and access management suites, authentication and authorization protocols (including AaaS), and GRC solutions to support various business process areas.