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Daniel Adaramola, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Daniel Adaramola

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)·SunTrust Bank,

Nigeria

Doctorate, Computer Science

Work experience

Total years of experience: 24 years, 8 months

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

December 2022 - Present

SunTrust Bank,

Lagos, Nigeria

December 2022 - Present

• Responsible for strategy formulation, and strategy execution around information security, cyber
resilience, and business continuity
• Manage governance and implementation of the organizations cybersecurity program
• Owns day-to-day administration of the Banks Cybersecurity Operations ensuring alignment of
cybersecurity and business objectives.
• Responsible for Promoting culture of strong information security across the entire organization.
• Provide thought and advise senior management on cyber security risk and control issues and best
practices.
• Managing vendor and third-party cyber security and business continuity risk
• Manages execution of Regulatory Compliance including implantation of PCI DSS, ISO 27001, ISO 2000,
Data Privacy program
• Responsible of Incident Response and Management, and Security Incident Reporting at the Board and
Senior Management level

Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Information Technology

Chief Information Security Officer

November 2022 - Present

SunTrust Bank Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria

November 2022 - Present

1. Responsible for strategy formulation, and strategy execution around information security, cyber resilience and business continuity
2. Manage governance and implementation of the organisation’s cybersecurity program
3. Owns day-to-day administration of the Bank’s Cybersecurity Operations ensuring alignment of cybersecurity and business objectives
4. Responsible for Promoting culture of strong information security across the entire organization
5. Provide thought and advise senior management on cyber security risk and control issues and best practices.
6. Managing vendor and third-party cyber security and business continuity risk
7. Manages execution of Regulatory Compliance including implantation of PCI DSS, ISO 27001, ISO 2000, Data Privacy program
8. Responsible of Incident Response and Management, and Security Incident Reporting at the Board and Senior Management level

Company industry:
Banking

Group Head, Technology & Operational Risk Management

January 2022 - December 2022

Unity Bank Plc, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria

January 2022 - December 2022

Oversee executive management’s initiatives focused on enhancing enterprise operational risk, and business continuity. Work with technology & business leaders to develop and maintain up-to-date business continuity.

Company industry:
Banking

Group Head, Technology & Operational Risk Management

January 2022 - December 2022

Unity Bank Plc,

Lagos, Nigeria

January 2022 - December 2022

Oversee executive managements initiatives focused on enhancing enterprise operational risk, and business
continuity. Work with technology & business leaders to develop and maintain up-to-date business
continuity.

Company industry:
Banking

Role: Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

September 2018 - January 2022

Unity Bank Plc, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria

September 2018 - January 2022

1. Provided tactical leadership for teams responsible for 24/7 live monitoring of Infrastructure & Transactional Fraud events.
2. Responsible for IT Security, Cybersecurity operations, technology baselines, and ensuring security of all IT Infrastructure
3. Oversee post incident investigations, work with problem remediation team to ensure information security incidents are brought under control.
4. Directed IT Risk, IT Standard (ISO 27001, ISO 20000, and Security compliance); ensure appropriate controls are in place to achieve the business goals and objectives.

Company industry:
Banking

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

September 2018 - January 2022

Unity Bank Plc,

Lagos, Nigeria

September 2018 - January 2022

• Provided tactical leadership for teams responsible for 24/7 live monitoring of Infrastructure &
Transactional Fraud events.
• Responsible for IT Security, Cybersecurity operations, technology baselines, and ensuring security of all
IT Infrastructure
• Oversee post incident investigations, work with problem remediation team to ensure information
security incidents are brought under control.
• Directed IT Risk, IT Standard (ISO 27001, ISO 20000, and Security compliance); ensure appropriate
controls are in place to achieve the business goals and objectives.

Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Information Technology

Ag. Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

November 2016 - September 2018

Heritage Bank Plc, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria

November 2016 - September 2018

1. Responsible for the Security of the Bank’s end-to-end IT Infrastructures.
2. Oversees execution of the Bank’s IT Risk Management Framework
3. Manages Day-to-Day execution of the Bank’s Information & Cyber Security Management Programs
4. Responsible for Planning and Executing & Bank’s compliance program, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, IT Standards
5. Manages the Bank’s ISMS, owns execution of Executive Dashboard for Risk & Information Security Compliance
6. Coordinates the Bank’s IT Operations Risk Management Cores.
7. Oversee a team of Security Operations Centre executives, ensure Returns on Investment for IS Infrastructure spend.
8. Owns day-to-day administration of the Bank’s Cybersecurity & IS Programs

Company industry:
Banking

Ag. Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

November 2016 - January 2018

Heritage Bank Plc,

Lagos, Nigeria

November 2016 - January 2018

• Responsible for the Security of the Banks end-to-end IT Infrastructures.
• Oversees execution of the Banks IT Risk Management Framework
• Manages Day-to-Day execution of the Banks Information & Cyber Security Management Programs
• Responsible for Planning and Executing & Banks compliance program, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, IT Standards
• Manages the Banks ISMS, owns execution of Executive Dashboard for Risk & Information Security
Compliance
• Coordinates the Banks IT Operations Risk Management Cores.
• Oversee a team of Security Operations Centre executives, ensure Returns on Investment for IS
Infrastructure spend.
• Owns day-to-day administration of the Banks Cybersecurity & IS Programs

Company industry:
Banking

Head, Enterprise IT Security Services (Technology Group)

August 2015 - November 2016

Heritage Bank Limited,

Lagos, Nigeria

August 2015 - November 2016

• Responsible for Information Security Standards & Compliance Management Program Security
Operations/ Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) Manager Information Technology (IT)
Risk Management
• IT Systems/Process Audit & Assurance

Notable Achievement/Contribution
Contributed in Maturing the Banks attainment to zero tolerance of cybersecurity breaches
Assisted in maintenance of both ISO 27001, PCI DSS. Has first class experience working with remediation
teams
Played key role in operational security of IT Infrastructure. Manages Day-to-Day audit, risk
assessment and maintenance of security baseline for all IT Infrastructure & Processes
Supported in the monitoring of Content & Application Filtering Platform (Palo Alto) & Cisco Firewall
Firewalls, Qradar SIEM, Imperva SecureSphere, Enterprise desk tops, servers, LANs and WANs.

Company industry:
Banking

Head, Enterprise IT Security Services (Technology Group)

August 2015 - September 2016

Heritage Bank Limited, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria

August 2015 - September 2016

1. Responsible for Information Security Standards & Compliance Management Program Security Operations/ Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) Manager Information Technology (IT) Risk Management
2. IT Systems/Process Audit & Assurance

Company industry:
Banking

Head, IT Security & Compliance (Information Technology Group)

March 2013 - August 2015

Enterprise Bank Limited, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria

March 2013 - August 2015

Assist in the assurance of system rollout, management of secure state transition for infrastructure changes; maintain adequate levels of information security across the entire Bank infrastructure

Company industry:
Banking

Head, IT Security & Compliance (Information Technology Group)

March 2013 - August 2015

Enterprise Bank Limited,

Lagos, Nigeria

March 2013 - August 2015

• Assist in the assurance of system rollout, management of secure state transition for infrastructure changes;
maintain adequate levels of information security across the entire Bank infrastructure
Notable Achievement/Contribution:
Information Security Strategy Execution.
Playing a hybrid role of practitioner, evangelist, researcher, advisor, & business process enabler, achieved
Certification of the Bank to PCI DSS, Achieved Certification of the Bank to ISO 27001, roll out of IT Risk
Management Program, and implemented Security Operations Centre (SOC)
Technical Security Project Implementation
Obtained executive management spend to the tune of 180Million Naira ($1.3 Mill USD), several
projects were executed during my tenure, among these include roll out of vulnerability/configuration
management platform, periodic Network Penetration Test, Design/testing & rollout of incidence
response plans, Security Awareness.
Rollout of Revised Governance Structure for IT Security
Implement revised structure for the Banks security teams. Prior to my entrance Information Security
operates a flat structure focusing on perimeter security, & audit of core infrastructures. Coming on board,
I was able to institute an end-to-end assurance program; the revised program cut across both IT & business
processes- these include B2B infrastructures security, B2C (ATM, Web and Mobile channels), back-office
process automation, endpoint security, people (customer, vendors, & staff)
Implemented Windows Infrastructure Security
Leveraging my knowledge as Windows Security expert, I was able to implement cost-effective security
across the Bank. Tools implemented include Group Policy Management, Systems Configuration Centre
Management, Threat Management Gateway, Network Access Protection. Others include BitLocker
Encryption, Windows Event Logging
Infrastructure. This feat considerably helped reduce management spending, at the same time raising the
Banks PCI DSS Compliance from 25% to 77%

Company industry:
Banking

Technology Risk and Compliance Management

August 2009 - February 2013

eTranzact International Plc, Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, South Africa, United Kingdom

Lagos, Nigeria

August 2009 - February 2013

1. Oversee all concerns of Securing IT infrastructures across the entire group. Handles Information Security & Quality Control issues at the management level.
2. Conducts periodic vulnerability and security risk assessment of the technology assets of the company. Work with local support teams in troubleshooting and/or debugging network-related security issues. Act as organization point of contact on local and global compliance projects.
3. Work with partner Banks, merchants, and other switches in administering Information Security program.
4. Advising the organization with the latest information on technical security & quality control systems
5. Designing computer networks (intranet, Internet, FTP servers, web mail, etc.) to ensure efficient running the enterprise.

Company industry:
Financial Services

Manager, Risk & Compliance (Technology Group)

January 2009 - January 2013

eTranzact International Plc.

Lagos, Nigeria

January 2009 - January 2013

• Oversee all concerns of Securing IT infrastructures across the entire group. Handles Information
Security & Quality Control issues at the management level.
• Conducts periodic vulnerability and security risk assessment of the technology assets of the company.
Work with local support teams in troubleshooting and/or debugging network-related security issues. Act
as organization point of contact on local and global compliance projects.
• Work with partner Banks, merchants, and other switches in administering Information Security program.
• Advising the organization with the latest information on technical security & quality control systems
• Designing computer networks (intranet, Internet, FTP servers, web mail, etc.) to ensure efficient
running the enterprise.
Notable Achievement/Contribution:
Redesign of the entire eTranzact Network
Working with the Network Infrastructures, the compliance unit (of which I oversee) was able to redesign the
entire eTranzact network. Particularly, we have implemented a Cisco ASA firewall; reduce the
organizations network scope, exclude the partner Banks from the eTranzact PCI zone; include five (5) new
DMZs; implement improved intrusion detection mechanism, all of these are in-line with PCI DSS Requirement
1 : Install and maintain a firewall configuration to protect cardholder data.
Network Hardening implementation
PCI DSS regulation stipulates an effective hardening policy, as the project lead I was instrumental in
authoring hardening policy for all eTranzact Servers. I was also hands-on in administering audit program to
cover PCI DSS secure implementation and coordinate remediation tracking for all network vulnerabilities.
Championed eTranzact Chip & PIN Vendor Certification Program as the Compliance Lead, part of my
achievement/involvement includes Vendor Assessment Guidelines. Worked with technical staff in reviewing
precedence from other card brands, author comprehensive guideline applicable to eTranzact business
context; address the requirement of both local & international regulatory frameworks for eTranzact
Chip & PIN card compliance requirement.
Onsite Assessment Lead Worked as the chief security assessor at all on-site assessment. Major
checklist requirement to certify vendor include Access Control Implementation, Business
Continuity Planning, Risk Management Programme, and Encryption

Company industry:
Financial Services

Business System Analysis

June 2008 - August 2009

eTranzact UK

London, United Kingdom

June 2008 - August 2009

1. Liaise with UK based Money Transfer Operators (MTO), gather requirements for software re-developments
2. Technical writing: author application redesign document, client requirement documentation, and product referrals
3. Administer change control management and software patch update
4. Worked as technical liaison with UK based merchants and third party switches
5. Interface with the home office in all cases of 2nd level (technical) support
6. Managing all client facing issues, particularly as it relates to platform operations and product deployments
7. Administer product training, and platform awareness programs
8. Worked with Operations Director in the review business process in-line with United Kingdom FSA regulations
9. Support in the overall certification of the eTranzact platform to the UK FSA standards

Company industry:
Financial Services

Business Analyst

June 2008 - August 2009

eTranzact UK Limited

London, United Kingdom

June 2008 - August 2009

• Liaise with UK based Money Transfer Operators (MTO), gather requirements for software re-developments
• Technical writing: author application redesign document, client requirement documentation, and product referrals
• Administer change control management and software patch update
• Worked as technical liaison with UK based merchants and third party switches
• Interface with the home office in all cases of 2nd level (technical) support
• Managing all client facing issues, particularly as it relates to platform operations and product deployments
• Administer product training, and platform awareness programs
• Worked with Operations Director in the review business process in-line with United Kingdom FSA regulations
• Support in the overall certification of the eTranzact platform to the UK FSA standards

Company industry:
Financial Services

Software Implementation Engineer

February 2006 - June 2008

eTranzact International Plc

Lagos, Nigeria

February 2006 - June 2008

Company industry:
Financial Services

Implementation & Technical Support Officer

February 2006 - June 2008

eTranzact International Plc

Lagos, Nigeria

February 2006 - June 2008

Achievement/Contribution:
Among my major projects with eTranzact includes: eTranzact eTranzact and
mCommerce; eRemit at the time two of Nigerians
these are and

Company industry:
IT Services

Application Programmer

February 2005 - January 2006

MooreAdvice Limited |Lagos Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria

February 2005 - January 2006

Was responsible for developing Web applications for client’s project. Liaise with Design Director in translating client requirements to development schedules The technologies I used include ASP, JavaScript, and JSP (Java Server Pages)

Company industry:
Management Consulting

Web Application Programmer

February 2005 - January 2006

MooreAdvice Limited

Lagos, Nigeria

February 2005 - January 2006

Liaise with Design Director in translating client requirements to development schedules
The technologies I used include ASP, JavaScript, and

Company industry:
Management Consulting

Software Developer

August 2001 - November 2004

Francis Van-Lare

Lagos, Nigeria

August 2001 - November 2004

developing Web applications for in-house work flows and technical resources library
overseeing project developments cycles for the technical resource library

Company industry:
Management Consulting

Research Assistant, and Software Developer

August 2001 - November 2004

Francis Van-Lare Limited

Lagos, Nigeria

August 2001 - November 2004

My core responsibilities include overseeing project developments cycles for the technical resource library,
coordinating resource personnel assignments to learning programs, and providing help desk support.
My other responsibilities include development of courseware for training program, monitoring client.
participation in training projects, and coordinating resource personnel assignments.

Company industry:
Management Consulting

Education

European International University

January 2025

January 2025

Doctorate, Computer Science

France

City University of London

August 2009

August 2009

Higher diploma, Systems Analysis and Design

United Kingdom

Skills

Artificial Intelligence
Expert
Artificial Intelligence
Expert
Cyber Incident Response
Expert
Cyber Incident Response
Expert
Technology Resilience Management
Expert
Technology Resilience Management
Expert
ISO IEC 27001
Expert
ISO IEC 27001
Expert
CONTROL OBJECTIVES FOR INFORMATION AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY COBIT
Expert
CONTROL OBJECTIVES FOR INFORMATION AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY COBIT
Expert
CERTIFIED INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGER
Expert
CERTIFIED INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGER
Expert
PAYMENT CARD INDUSTRY PCI DATA SECURITY STANDARDS
Expert
PAYMENT CARD INDUSTRY PCI DATA SECURITY STANDARDS
Expert
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
Expert
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
Expert
LEADERSHIP
Expert
LEADERSHIP
Expert
Computer Science
Expert
Computer Science
Expert
CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE
Expert
CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE
Expert
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
Intermediate
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
Intermediate
SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE SAAS
Intermediate
SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE SAAS
Intermediate
Business Continuity Management
Expert
Business Continuity Management
Expert
Cyber Security Governance
Expert
Cyber Security Governance
Expert
Project Management and Assurance
Expert
Project Management and Assurance
Expert
Red Teaming & Penetration Testing
Expert
Red Teaming & Penetration Testing
Expert
Blue Teaming and Cyber Defence
Expert
Blue Teaming and Cyber Defence
Expert
Business Communications
Expert
Business Communications
Expert
Management of Supply Chain Risks
Expert
Management of Supply Chain Risks
Expert
Critical and Strategic Thinking
Expert
Critical and Strategic Thinking
Expert