Prashant Tendulkar

Background

About Prashant Tendulkar

24 years of rich experience in Information technology (IT) covering areas like Infrastructure (System & Network) Management & Information Security assurance focusing on audit, compliance & risk management. Last 15 years have been working in Information / Cyber Security space. Have played a pivotal role within the leadership team of a green field Telecom organization in defining information security strategy, managing implementation of the entire information security functions starting from information security policy definition to Managed services. Have played information security officer roles for BFSI organizations, CISO role for a Telco. Experience in handling the information security management & operations for Retail banking Conducted 3rd party information security site assessments in line with ISO 27K standards. Detailed and in-depth knowledge of ISO 27K, COBIT & PCI-DSS requirements for implementation and compliance. Led implementation of Oracle Identity & access management solution for a Telco from scratch including strategy, product selection, testing, process definition, implementation & managed services. Led different initiatives like information security awareness trainings for employees, developers, Management, security personnel through mailers, posters, e-learnings etc. Handled additional roles in Business Continuity, Project management office (PMO) & Quality. CISA, CISSP, CPISI, ISO27K, ISO 9001 certified Specialties-Information Security / Cyber Security Strategy -IT Risk management -Policy formulation, Implementation, Review -ISO 27001, PCI DSS, SAS 70, SOX 404, ITIL -3rd Party compliance assessments -IS Regulatory, Legal, Contractual compliance -Business Continuity -Identity & Access management -PCI-DSS implementer.