Avinash Kumar

About Avinash Kumar

I specialize in cybersecurity audit and information security assurance, with deep expertise in Identity and Access Management, data security, and cryptographic controls.My career has been shaped in environments where control failures carry immediate and high impact consequences, spanning military grade systems and global financial institutions. This exposure has developed a strong risk and assurance mindset, focused on assessing whether security controls are both appropriately designed and operating effectively in practice.Across my roles, I have consistently worked in assurance focused capacities, reviewing access models, data protection mechanisms, encryption practices, and control governance, while translating technical findings into clear, risk based insights for senior stakeholders.I am building my long term career in cybersecurity audit, technology risk, and information security assurance roles within highly regulated, global organizations.

Experience

1. AVP Information Security Specialist

   德意志银行

   Jul 2025 — Present · Pune, IN

   Lead risk based assurance and control testing activities for information security controls within a global banking environment, with primary focus on IAM, data security, and cryptographic controls.• Evaluate design adequacy and operating effectiveness of access governance, privileged access management, and segregation of duties, applying professional judgment to assess control maturity and residual risk.• Provide assurance over data protection and encryption controls, including data classification, secure storage, transmission, and key management practices, aligned to internal standards and regulatory expectations.• Identify control weaknesses and systemic issues, assess impact and root cause, and articulate risk outcomes to senior management in clear, business focused terms.• Drive engagement with control owners and technology stakeholders to agree on risk treatment plans, remediation priorities, and closure timelines.• Contribute to continuous improvement of assurance methodology, risk reporting, and control testing approaches based on regulatory feedback and audit outcomes.

Education

• Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad

  PGDM Executive, Operations Management

  2021 — 2022

• ITM UNIVERSITY, GWALIOR

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Information Technology