Temilade Akinrefon

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About Temilade Akinrefon

Temilade Adegbuyi is an Information Security & Risk Management Professional offering 8+ years of experience across Telecommunications & IT Services Industries. Her experience spans across IT Risk and Compliance, IT Policy and Governance, IT Security, Systems Audit and Controls including SOX, Data Privacy and Protection (NDPR & GDPR), Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, and implementation of Standards including COBIT and ISO. In addition, she has performed security reviews for some ERP applications (Navision, Microsoft Dynamics, Etc.), Operating systems (Windows, Linux, and UNIX), Databases (Oracle, Sybase, and Ms. SQL), and a variety of network devices. She has offered strong and decisive guidance in the past period, providing innovation in security risk management to drive bottom-line business contributions by optimizing security investments, reducing losses from security incidents, improving customer retention, and enhancing business decision-making. She is a member of the International Professional association of IT Professionals (ISACA) Lagos Chapter. Presently, she serves as the Senior Specialist, IT General Controls in one of the largest telecommunications infrastructure providers in Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, incorporating gap assessment and remediation skills in Information Security Risk Management within the organization. Temilade holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics and a Masters' Degree in Actuarial Science. In addition, she has several certifications, including CRISC, CISM, CISA, COBIT, and ISO.