Prinesh كريشنا

Responsibilities
• Led client engagements, overseeing the delivery of Cyber Strategy & Security services to clients across various industries, including financial services, telecommunications, ER&I, public sector, gaming and hospitality, insurance, technology and more, resulting in positive client relationships and completed work on time and within budget.
• Managed teams of up to 20 Cyber Security consultants, providing guidance, coaching, feedback, and career development opportunities to team members, resulting in a high performing and motivated team.
• Developed and implemented comprehensive Cyber Security strategies for clients, including risk assessments, policies and procedures, and technical controls, resulting in improved protection against cyber threats and compliance with industry regulations and industry best practices such as NIST, ISO, PCI, CIS, OWASP and GDPR.
• Led cross-functional teams in executing comprehensive IoT, IIoT and OT cybersecurity assessments across critical infrastructure sectors, aligning strategies with business objectives. Developed and communicated high-level risk assessments to senior leadership, ensuring awareness of potential impacts on industrial operations.
• Orchestrated the integration of NIST SP 800-82 and IEC 62443 standards into OT environments, collaborating with OT teams to establish robust security postures. Strategically aligned security controls with operational needs, fostering a culture of resilience against evolving cyber threats.
• Oversaw the implementation of ISA/IEC 62443-3-2 recommendations for network segmentation, access controls, and anomaly detection specifically for IoT, IIoT and OT environments. Guided the team in translating technical requirements into actionable plans that fortified industrial control systems.
• End to end management of responding to RFPs and writing proposals, managing multi disciplinary teams, complex proposals and submitting winning bids. Also, contributing to the
development of Cyber Security methodologies, tools, and frameworks.
• Ensured quality compliance with Deloittes quality and risk management policies and procedures, conducting project reviews, assessing risks, providing guidance to project teams, and participating in QRM-related training and development activities.
• Engaged with senior client stakeholders, including CISOs, CIOs, and CEOs, presenting Cyber Security findings and recommendations and developing relationships with key decision makers. Collaborated with client teams to ensure Cyber Security initiatives aligned with their business goals and objectives.
• Stayed up-to-date with the latest Cyber Security trends and emerging technologies, attending industry events, participating in training and development programs, and conducting research on new Cyber Security solutions. Provided thought leadership to clients and Deloitte teams on Cyber Security topics, resulting in increased credibility and awareness of Deloitte Cyber Security oferings.
• Supported business development eforts, identifying new sales opportunities, developing proposals, and participating in sales presentations. Collaborated with Deloitte professionals from other service lines to identify and pursue cross-selling opportunities. Successfully closed over $5M in Cyber Security deals over a two-year period, resulting in increased revenue and profitability for Deloitte.

Currently based at Discovery Group consulting to Vitality Group as an Information Security Officer and Management Consultant. Building functions of technical and control basis across the organization and helping Vitality Group achieve and maintain ISO 27000 certification and GDPR alignment.

Responsibilities
• Creation and Implementation of Security Strategy and Information Security Programs
• Lead in the development/adoption and enforcement of Information Security policies, procedures and standards.
• Lead and manage system delivery on tight deadlines with multiple resources from different teams.
• Conduct and complete annual reviews of required ISO 27000, GDPR and other related frameworks and regulations.
• Lead and managed multiple projects and project resources, define and drive completion with multiple stakeholders.
• Focal point of contact for the information security team and business.
• Manage and Oversee Vulnerability Management and Penetration Testing from Initiation to Remediation.
• Risk analysis and management, documentation management and controls, information access controls.
• Technical Security Design and Deployments in various security domains such as Security Detection and Prevention.
• Oversee on-going security monitoring of organization information systems.
• Assess information security risks and advise on security controls.
• Gap analysis of security controls
• Compliance and Security Awareness
• Develop and manage an incident response capability to proactively identify and mitigate against IT security risks or incidents and recover from disruptive and destructive information security events.
• Expert advice on various forums. Such as Security Review and Architecture Boards, Governance and Security Boards and CIO Forum.
• Manage and coordinate remediation of audit findings by implementing supporting IT security controls and processes.
• Supplier and Vendor Management - Third party Risk Management.
• Ensure Security built into SDLC - through Planning, Analysis, Design, Build, Test, Deploy and Maintenance phases.
• Familiar with local culture, business conditions, legal requirements and information resources utilised in the organization. Assess risks and implement effective information security as per the Groups ITSM Framework

As a teacher based in Phuket, Thailand, I have embarked on a transformative journey to find inner peace and travel as a conscious explorer rather than a mere tourist. In pursuit of simplicity and freedom from the stresses of modern-day life, I made the bold decision to sell all my possessions, downsize to a backpack and few essentials, and fully immerse myself in this new adventure. This unique experience has allowed me to learn valuable life skills that are often overlooked in a typical corporate work environment. While I cherished my previous work, I felt there was an imbalance between my professional and personal life. Now, as a Teacher, Backpacker, Vlogger, and Photographer, I am continually expanding my skillset and knowledge through daily discovery and exploration. My multifaceted journey has enriched my life, opened up new horizons, and sharpened my ability to adapt to diferent situations. As a result, I have gained a greater appreciation for the beauty of the world, diverse cultures, and the simple things in life that often go unnoticed.

Nothing is pre-taught; it is learnt through discovery.

Embrace the change of moving to Cloud. We will secure it along the way. Responsibilities
• Plan Cloud Security -study the organization, its software and Internet operations in order to plan the right solutions, how much it will cost to implement, how many people will work on it, and how much time it will take to prepare it.
o Responsible for evaluation and selecting cloud specific cloud solutions. Ensure procurement processes followed.
• Overall responsibility as an Information Security Officer (Cloud specifically)
o Engage with Business to ensure data security and availability.
o Protect the Franchise from both internal and external security threats.
o Ensure Security Compliance and Cloud Safeguards are in place for the Franchise.
o Responsible for maintaining policies, procedures and practices for information protection.
• Provide the Executive Board (Steerco) with Cloud Risk Assessments
o Conduct assessments for all Cloud Services within the Franchise (Azure, Dimension Data, Cisco WebEx a few to mention that has been completed already)
• Maintain the Franchise Security Procedures
o Evaluation and Compliance with Security Measures
• Audit, detect and protect all Cloud Services.
• Assist in Security Investigations - Office365, SIEM Alerts (Azure, Office365, ShadowIT)
• Monitor user access to data on Cloud platforms.
• Cloud Policy and Process owner for Information Security
• Dashboard compilation for the CISO to report on Project progress, Risks Identified, Incidents submitted. Reports gathered from multiple sources, data analysed and added into the Dashboard.
• Provide guidance to and instructions to existing business units for cloud enablement.
• Collaborate with Legal teams to ensure that information assurance policies and guidelines is secured.
• Oversight of Security Incident and Vulnerability detection. Feedback to Business Unit and Executive Board for major incidents.

Responsibilities
• Manage and oversee the below areas relating to current department.
o Risk
o IT Organisation and Relationships
o IT Investments
o Change and Problem Management
o Service Levels
o Third Party Vendor
o IT Operations
o IT Continuity
o Security Management (Database, Network, OS and Internet)
o Physical Access
• Oversee all IT functions including data center management, vendor relationships, technical support & disaster recovery planning.
• Budgeting and Cost control - Managed detailed IT budget of plus R 50 million and cut costs to align with business needs for future growth.
• Dashboard reports on the current systems, future opportunities and issues (Nagios, Spectrum, eHealth)
• Maintaining security of network, systems, and data, while guaranteeing increased availability of critical business systems
• Efectively developing and implementing hardware and software standards, as well as processes and procedures, in compliance with internal and external regulations
• Responsible for network and server infrastructure management within KPI levels
• Manage corrective and preventative maintenance of components within the area.
• Develop and raise the level of competency for the support function.
• Customer Relationship Management with Hosting provider to assist with hosting of Server Infrastructure.

Integr8 IT - Based at Sun International Virtualization and Storage Specialist Responsibilities
• Design and deploy Virtual and Storage environments for Casino sites.
• Training of local engineers to support newly virtualized environment.
• Maintain technical support documentation for the Virtual and SAN environment.
• Handover procedures to engineers on site for administration
• Hand in hand relationship with Dell and Dimension Data for networking and storage implementation at sites
• Virtual machine management, creations on Hyper-V CSV.
• P2V migrations to Hyper-V environments
• Hyper-V DR Cluster installation.
• Maintain technical documentation, Hyper-V and storage environments.
• Manage and support of Windows 2003 and 2008 Clusters, Microsoft Hyper-
• Manage and Maintain DR IT infrastructure (Hyper-V, SAN)
• Conform to Vendor best practices.
• LUN management, creations, extends and presentations.
• Assist with new storage installations and implementations.
• Mentoring and coaching colleges.
• Knowledge of typical front-end and back-end hardware, O/S, servers, storage, networks, and application support.
• Responsible for the design, development, testing, documenting, and implementing of virtual server systems.

Responsibilities
• Conduct system Checks on VMware and Hyper-V environments to ensure proactivity.
• Conduct systems checks and maintenance on HP Blade Centers, IBM Blade Centers.
• Conduct system Checks to ensure the health and stability of all storage environments, EVA 4400, EVA8000, EVAP6500, Dell EqualLogics, IBM XIV, EMC and MSA storage devices to ensure proactivity.
• Virtual machine management, creations on Hyper-V and VMware, VMFS, CSV.
• Virtual machine migrations from Hyper-V platform to VMware.
• Hyper-V and VMware updates to ensure vendors best practices.
• Hyper-V DR Cluster installation.
• Maintain technical documentation of the VMware, Hyper-V and storage environments.
• Manage and support of Windows 2003 and 2008 Clusters, Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vSphere.
• Firmware maintenance updates on Hyper-V and VMware hosts.
• EMC storage and VMware consultant and administrator
• Design, manage, and support of FC fabric, Brocade switches.
• Design, manage, and support of IBM XIV, HP EVA storage devices.
• Manage and Maintain DR IT infrastructure (Hyper-V, VMware and SAN)
• Maintain technical support documentation for the SAN environment.
• Conform to Vendor best practices.
• Best practices of zoning on Brocade and Cisco MDS.
• Storage best practices of Firmware upgrades and HDD upgrades on HP storage devices.
• Fabric switch Firmware upgrades and maintenance.
• LUN management, creations, extends and presentations.
• Assist with new storage installations and implementations.
• Accountability and responsibility for hardware issues logged with 3rd party until resolved.
• Performance analysis and trend reports.
• Mentoring and coaching colleges.
• Knowledge of typical front-end and back-end hardware, O/S, servers, storage, networks, and application support.
• Responsible for the design, development, testing, documenting, and implementing of virtual server and cloud systems.

As part of a technical implementation team providing technical solutions and support internally for all integral administration nationwide, including 1st, 2nd and 3rd line support to over 1500 users in the remote sites. Supporting all aspects of fault rectification to strict SLAs including Hardware/Software environment. Wide variety of Microsoft productivity software deployed together with Remedy, SAP, Hyper-V, VMware and many other non- mainstream applications. Responsibilities
• Administered multiple Infrastructure Solutions such as VMware ESX 4.0 (+/- 300 VMs, 32 Hosts), Hyper-V R2 (+/- 120 VMs), Exchange 2003 and 2007, Active Directory, File and Print Servers, DPM 2010, EPM 2010, OCS 2007, SAP, Remedy, etc.
• Implemented technical solutions to complex IT technical infrastructure problems.
• Installation, Configuration, Maintenance, Troubleshoot and Recovery of all supported Hardware at all Sites, Including (IBM DS4700 Storage, IBM Blade Center H with HS22s, x3690s, x3650s, x3850s, x3950s)
• Installation and Configuration of Brocade Fabrics, Zone Creations, and Storage LUNs provisioning for Boot from SAN solutions. Zone creations and LUN Provisioning for High Availability storage on Hyper-V and VMware Platform. Licensing and Configuration on multiple platforms.
• Identified and followed change management cycles, including raising planned and emergency changes for all Infrastructure and Application changes
• Assisted the Operations Manager to formulate and implement IT policies and adhered to company Standards and Processes. Documentation of various server and storage environments, and reporting identified Business Risks.
• Ensured maximum benefit from the application of Information Technology, and that such applications are capable of accommodating future requirements. Reason for leaving.
• Career advancement

Responsibilities
• Analysis, troubleshooting and upgrading in a mixed Desktop Environment, Windows XP and 7 as well as installations.
• Coordinated and supported various desktop rollouts.
• Hardware: Servers, PCs and Laptops: IBMs and compatibles such as Compaq, Dell and Hewlett Packard. Also troubleshooting printer problems i.e., HP, Kyocera, Oki and Cannon.
• Installations of various Company applications, user profile migrations, backups and printer installations.
• Domain and Email-Setup on client machines.
• First-Line Support
• Responsible for all loan laptops and asset tagging of new laptops.
• In charge of number of learners, tutoring and monitoring their progress.
• Software installations: MS Ofice 2003 & 2007, Adobe, Remedy 5 6 7 & PDA, Rainmaker, HEAT, Antivirus, Nero, SAP, Trend, SMS Client, ABSA Solve, SCCM Client etc.
• Backups of servers and changing tape.
• Setting up of Mobile Devices.
• Knowledge and testing of Blackberry, HTC, PDA, Samsung and Nokia phones. (Business Use)
• Extensive work with programs VMware Workstation, VPC, DameWare, Remote Desktop,
Command Prompt, SQL Server, Visual Studio, etc.
• All major projects regarding SCCM client roll out, windows 7, antivirus and Deployment tools (MDT).
• Compiling a knowledge base document where all troubleshooting and installs are saved and sharing information with rest of the team. Reason for leaving.
• Promotion