Manikandan Natarajan, Manager – Internal Audit

Manikandan Natarajan

Manager – Internal Audit

BankMuscat

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computers
Experience
21 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 10 Months

Manager – Internal Audit at BankMuscat
  • Oman - Muscat
  • My current job since May 2008

Prepare audit plan using risk based approach and IIA standards. Manage support functions Audit unit, plan audits, allocate resources, initiate, execute, monitor progress and conclude audits. Prepare reports and convey the results to the management.

Lead and perform reviews on IT services, Application controls, core banking modules, projects, processes, central operations, Trade finance and HR functions.

Provide consultancy support to on IT, operations and general administration related projects and requirements.

Conduct fraud investigations.

Network Infrastructure Specialist (Security architect) at Standard Chartered Bank–Scope International
  • India - Chennai
  • July 2007 to April 2008

Donning the role of ‘Security Architect’ redesigned the perimeters network security used in more than 100 locations.

Provided consultancy and network designs to the business from a network security/application architecture point of view.

Trained associates on various security and network technologies, concepts and SCB network designs.

IT Network & Security Specialist at Nawras Telecom
  • Oman - Muscat
  • June 2005 to June 2007

Being a senior member of operations team, I was responsible for Information security initiatives (Infosec operations and process) and Data networking, apart from extending helping hands in other areas of IT operations.

Developed Information security policy, standards and guidelines
Designed and implemented the Network and Network security architecture with various high end network and security components such as Huawei CWDM, Load balancers, Split HA firewall clusters, etc.

Provided training and mentoring to junior members of the team

Evaluated new business applications for security weakness.

In charge of the designing, co-coordinating & implementing VPN solutions and security products for various needs.

Information Security Consultant at BankMuscat S.A.O.G
  • Oman - Muscat
  • June 2002 to May 2005

Assisted in revising and implementing Information Security Policy.

Evaluated new and existing business applications for security weaknesses and controls, and suggested solutions.

Designed and deployed the network security architecture, security products for various needs and VPN solutions.

Developed several information security procedures, standards, guidelines and scripts to assess and apply security settings to the systems.

Responsible for administration of security infrastructure components (Firewalls, IDS, Identification and authentication systems, routers, etc.).

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computers
  • at Madurai Kamaraj University
  • June 2009

Specialties & Skills

IT Audit
Information Security Management
Banking Operations
Network Systems
Fraud Investigations
Networking
Information Security - Management, Architecture, Assesment, Solutions, Implementation, Processes
IT Audit
Operating Systems, Databases, Mailing Systems, IT Infrastructure and Business Applications

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Beginner
Tamil
Expert

Training and Certifications

CISA, CISM, CISSP, ISO27001 Lead Auditor, Checkpoint Certified, MCSE (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2009
Valid Until:
January 2009