Gevangee Desai

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ABOUT GEVANGEE DESAI

An energetic, effective and experienced security professional with a passion for driving core business goals.A visionary leader with a motivational mindset who encourages teams to outperform the requirements placed on his function with a relentless pursuit of excellence.Skilled in building TRUST teams that thrive using frameworks and processes that enable standard defence-in-depth methodologies while reducing friction. Accomplished in managing vast arrays of global infrastructures, with excellent client and project management skills—action-oriented with a strong ability to communicate effectively with technical, executive, and business audiences. Ensuring streamlined approaches to guarding assets\' confidentiality, availability, and integrity using sensible technology-driven approaches to achieve compliance through automation and continuous improvement programs. Approachable, precise and reliable to get the job done.For more than two decades, I\'ve been honing my skills using my never-ending passion for learning, completing the CISSP and CCSP to ensure coverage for both traditional and modern cloud environments to help businesses stay ahead of the ever-evolving threat landscape. I am passionate about ensuring \'security\' and \'privacy by design\' principles form the fabric of everything we do while advocating simplification by standardisation using policy & governance.In my spare time, I provide \"CISO-as-a-Service\" offerings giving expert consultancy and advice to CEO and board on technology strategy and road map while gaining exposure to a wider range of industries.all while having fun doing this.Developed and Implemented:Board-level approved governance frameworksDashboard tracking various metrics and critical drivers to monitor and drive continuous improvement programs Production of custom in-house awareness training videos covering InfoSec policies and Incident Management, now part of mandatory annual training covering global organisation reaching over staff membersAreas of expertise:Governance, Risk & Compliance | Security Policy & Governance | Incident Response | Privacy | Process Optimisation | Program Management | Change Management | Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery | Risk Management | Common Control Framework | Sales Enablement | Security Standards | Strategy, Planning & Operations | Success Metrics |Third Party /Vendor Risk | Security Operations Center | eDiscovery | Secure Code Practices | Vulnerability Management | Awareness TrainingCertifications: CISSP | CCSP