Atif Haque

About Atif Haque

My professional career in Information Security has been focused on improving the posture of security within the organization. As a Security Engineering Leader with 18 years of experience, I am passionate about transforming security initiatives while driving change in partnership with the business. My current experience and comprehensive background comprise of security risk management, enterprise security, cloud security product compliance, and AI security. I spend extensive time coaching, mentoring and empowering philosophy to create an environment of integrity in all areas of leadership to deliver peak performance amongst team members. Career benchmarks:• 18 years of experience working as part of the leadership team and reporting to the Security Officer / Chief Trust Officer• Managed team comprising of 50+ security engineers and risk/compliance• Served in security leadership role focusing on platform/enterprise security, third party security and security programs• Transformed the risk and compliance program covering SOC, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, ISO 27018, HIPAA, GDPR.• Established control standards and governance across multiple programs and provided oversight to mitigation projects to meet regularity, compliance, and security risk requirements. • Developed best in class enterprise Customer Security Trust teams to support a Sales Organization and responsible for with $1.8B revenue business focusing on enterprise customer security assessments. • Managed global team (covering Asia, North America and Europe) of 50 individuals comprising of experts in Risk/Compliance, Security Engineering, Software Engineers, and Consultants. Supported various ICs to grow their career into people management.• Engaged with multiple senior business partners teams on risk and controls spanning across Legal, Finance, Marketing, Product, Sales, Engineering, and IT. • Speaker at security conferences and best security team award winner

Experience

1. Advisory Council Member

   Sierra Ventures

   Mar 2024 — Present

   Member of the Engineering and Product leadership council. Involved in evaluating emerging technologies and offering industry specific insights to shape product road maps and sales strategies.

Education

• Stanford University

  Advanced Computer Security

  2016 — 2017

• University of Virginia

  Master of Science (M.S.), Accounting

  2007 — 2008

• California State University, Chico

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Business Information Systems with emphasis in Management Information Systems

  2002 — 2006

Skills

• Strategic Planning
• Enterprise Risk Management
• IT Service Management
• Hipaa
• Web Application Security
• Internal Controls
• Hitrust
• Business Process
• Process Engineering
• IT Audit
• Accounting
• Vendor Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Identity Management
• External Audit
• General Data Protection Regulation (Gdpr)
• Business Process Improvement
• Analysis
• Security
• Management
• Erp
• Project Management
• Internal Audit
• Information Security
• Auditing
• Risk Assessment
• Process Optimization
• Risk Management
• Financial Accounting
• Process Improvement