Charanjit Singh Sodhi

About Charanjit Singh Sodhi

25 years of experience in handling information security, cyber security, IT risk, business continuity and technology in Nomura, JP Morgan Chase, Fidelity, Bharti Airtel and the Indian Navy. Enriching startup experience in SecureSynergy.An outstanding ex-Naval officer. Awarded the Sword of Honour and Chief of the Naval Staff Gold Medal in Indian Navy. Featured amongst ‘Ones to Watch in 2010 - Future CIOs’ in cover story of CIO Magazine. Empanelled as a member of CII National Task Force on IT Risk and Business Continuity in 2012-13. Appointed as Confederation of Indian Industry’s Subject Matter Expert on Technology Risk to Bureau of Indian Standards in 2004-05. Prolific speaker on Cyber Security at the Indo-US Cyber Security Forum, Confederation of Indian Industry, Data Security Council Of India, Information Security Management Group’s Information Security Forum etc. since 2004.Played a major role in building a large enterprise security function from scratch at Airtel from 2007 to 2011. Airtel won Security Strategist Award 2009 amongst 400 companies in IT, ITES and Telecom domain and DSCI Award 2011 for the Telecom having the best information security. Implemented the largest BS 7799 (ISO 27001) certification programs globally and sustained it for 3 years. Designed and implemented a Third Party Risk Policy and Framework for Third Parties and a Data Privacy Framework for 140 million customers. Governed large Cyber Security and BCP programs with teams from EY, PWC, KPMG, Deloitte and Wipro. Oversaw regulatory audits by RBI, NSDL, CDSL, SEBI, NSE and BSE from India and OCC from US. Set up a SOC for SIEM, threat and vulnerability management and IAM. Implemented Robotic Process Automation in IAM using UIPath. Implemented DLP, DRM, email encryption, content filtering, web application firewalls, perimeter and host defence, database defence, remote access, and wireless security solutions. Conducted audits in Telecom, IT, BFSI, BPO & Manufacturing sectors.

Experience

1. Executive Director - Group Technology Office - Global Head of Identity & Access Management

   Nomura

   Sep 2015 — Present · Mumbai, IN

Education

• The Lawrence School - Lovedale

  Class 10

  1978 — 1985

• ISACA - CISA

  CISA, Information Systems Audit

  2007 — 2007

• Timpany School Visakhpatnam

  Class 11

  1985 — 1986

• National Centre for Software Technology

  PGDST, Software Technology

  1998 — 2000

• Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS)

  MHRDM, Human Resources Management

  1997 — 2000

• ISACA - CRISC

  CRISC, Information Risk and Systems Control

  2011 — 2011

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

  MS, Software Systems

  2002 — 2004

Skills

• Information Security
• Security
• Iso 27001
• Governance
• Risk Management
• Security Audits
• Risk Assessment
• Information Security Management
• Cisa
• Information Technology
• Business Continuity
• Network Security
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Vendor Management
• IT Audit
• Pre-Sales
• Pci Dss
• Business Continuity Planning
• IT Operations
• Leadership
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Compliance
• Security Management
• Infrastructure
• Program Management
• Computer Security
• Telecommunications
• Disaster Recovery
• Strategic Planning
• Sas70
• Financial Risk
• Incident Management
• Bs25999
• Risk Analysis
• Security Awareness
• Budgets
• Auditing
• Leading People
• IT Risk
• Sox