Punita Arora

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ABOUT PUNITA ARORA

A highly motivated Information Security Product professional with 18+ years of experience, serving both business and technology, mostly in energy, banking and retail domains with an innate ability to learn and adapt to new standards as well as to business processes quickly. Last 8 years have been leading the Identity and Access Management (IAM/IDAM) teams, developing strategy and roadmaps with implementation plans and driving end to end delivery to meet requirements and be able to report on the delivery. Adept at aligning security plans, policies and procedures with operational outcomes and ensuring services are transitioned into operations effectively therefore allowing the correct security metrics (KPIs) to be developed to mitigate any security vulnerabilities and bring in continual improvement.Experienced in leading teams across the USA, UK, and India (onsite/offshore model) in delivering quality products on time and within budget, with full end to end lifecycle experience in Agile & Waterfall methodologies. Applying principles of Agile product management, Information Security Identity and Access Management Principles and effective stakeholder management to develop and manage vision for Identity and Access Management Products (IAM) like Privileged Access Management (PAM), Multi-factor Authentication (MFA), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Email Protect gateway/ Email Fraud Defense (DMARC) and Secure Web gateway from a strategic standpoint. Develop, plan and implement a strategy from a risk based approach for continually improving products in line with business vision. Create roadmaps, backlogs and drive delivery towards them. Lead by example and motivate workforce that are driven towards delivering success of these toolsets. Develop, manage stakeholder relationships and vendor relationships to maximize efficiencies within the product teams. Work closely with Support function and Security operations to land services developed into BAU.Previously experienced Technical Business Analyst with a demonstrated history of working in the Retail, Banking and Information Security domains. Skilled in Agile & Waterfall Methodologies, Business Process Analysis, Stakeholder management, Customer Service, Requirements Analysis, and Requirements Gathering. Strong business development professional with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a certification in Agile Business Analysis (IIBA) and CSPO.