Jaydeep Thakkar

About Jaydeep Thakkar

17+ years of experience in managing and delivering Cybersecurity projects from inception to closure. ITIL, PMP, Cloud Security and CISM Certified Cybersecurity Professional with an MBA and a Computer Engineering background. Cybersecurity experience includes the following- Lead Cybersecurity program assessments, evaluations and audits to find areas of improvements based on existing risks, relevant threats and against various frameworks, as well as compliance and regulatory requirements including: NIST CSFNYDFSNIST 800-53ISOSEC Cyber disclosure rulesHIPAAEU AI ActNIST AI RMFNIST AI 100-1FFIECHITRUSTPCI DSSCIS ControlsCRI Profile / Financial Services Sector Cybersecurity Profile (FSP) etc- Conduct Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance assessments and establish AI Security and Controls framework based on EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF and NIST AI 100-1 Controls- Help organizations establish secure AI programs and build security programs to fight against AI related security risks- Conduct Pre-IPO Cyber Readiness Evaluations for companies looking to go public- Develop and conduct tabletop exercises to strengthen the incident response / cyber resilience plans- Provide expertise in identifying gaps or areas for potential improvements by leading cybersecurity audits and evaluations for specific cybersecurity program areas such as Identity and access management (IAM)Incident responseData protection (DLP, classification, encryption)Network securityEndpoint securityVulnerability management- Manage cyber governance programs including developing and overseeing enforcement of cybersecurity policies, standards, controls and procedures taking into account organizations security capabilities, industry leading practices, cybersecurity frameworks and regulations- Develop multi-year roadmaps, cybersecurity programs and projects including budget, resource needs, dependencies etc. considering key risks, business needs and impact analysis- Plan long term strategies to protect organization\'s crown jewels including key initiatives such asZero Trust ImplementationCloud Transformation and Migration- Manage enterprise-wide cybersecurity programs (PMO)- Work with industry leading technology solutions such asIAM (SailPoint, CyberArk, Oracle IAM Suite, IBM Tivoli, Okta)Cloud Solutions (AWS, Azure, GCP)GRC (RSA Archer, ServiceNow, MetricStream)Vulnerability Management (Tenable, Qualys)SIEM (Splunk, QRadar, LogRhythm)Endpoint Detection and Response Solutions (CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Cortex, SentinelOne)

Experience

1. Managing Principal

   Capco

   Dec 2024 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

• The George Washington University School of Business

  MBA

  2011 — 2013

• University of Mumbai

  Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering

  2004 — 2008

• The George Washington University

  Business Analytics Specialist Certification, Business/Data Analytics and Business Intelligence

  2011 — 2012

Skills

• Web Analytics
• Strategy
• Management
• Forecasting
• Analytical Skills
• Product Management
• Project Management
• Digital Marketing
• Social Media Marketing
• IT Strategy
• Business Analytics
• Project Planning
• Business Process Improvement
• Vendor Management
• Financial Modeling
• Business Analysis
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Analysis
• Software Project Management
• Sas
• Crm
• Business Intelligence
• Market Research
• Marketing Analytics
• Data Warehousing
• Spss
• Business Process
• Program Management
• Process Improvement