Vishal Bhawnani, Assistant Manager - IT Security

Vishal Bhawnani

Assistant Manager - IT Security

Wall Street Exchange Centre LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computers
Experience
13 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 3 Months

Assistant Manager - IT Security at Wall Street Exchange Centre LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since February 2016

At Wall Street Exchange center LLC I am responsible for overall implementation of information security framework, that covers:
- Over all development of Risk Management function
- Security solutions evaluation & implementation
- Information awareness within the organization
- Streamlining/Aligning SDLC(Security development life cycle)Process within the in-house & vendor off-shore development team
- Vendor Evaluation & management for specific information security activities & executions.

Information Security Analyst at RAKBANK
  • United Arab Emirates - Ras Al Khaimah
  • July 2015 to February 2016

Working within the Bank's Information Security department (ISD) for IT security operations & incident management process.
Over here I am responsible for following activities:
SIEM Log monitoring & enhancements
ATM incidents monitoring
Internal & external network VA
DLP - Data leakage prevention via web gateway & email gateway monitoring
Software compliance process
User access review process
Brand abuse process
Incident management process

Assistant Manager - Cyber Security at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) India Pvt. Ltd.
  • India - Mumbai
  • September 2014 to July 2015

As an Assistant Manager i am involved in assuring that the best practices such as OWASP Top 10, SANS Top 25, WASC Classes, OWASP Mobile Top 10 are followed for Web application & Mobile applications.
Also, Handling a Team at client site's that will be carrying out web application security assessments & mobile application security assessments.

Information Security Consultant at Indusface Pvt. Ltd.
  • India - Navi Mumbai
  • December 2011 to August 2014

As an Information Security Consultant I am Involved in Executing & Managing Projects Related to Web Application Security (VAPT), Mobile Application Security, Configuration Audit, Rule Base Review Audits, Network VA/VAPT.

Software Test Engineer at Infinite Computing Systems
  • India - Mumbai
  • January 2011 to December 2011

As a part of Testing Team, I am responsible for identifying maximum number of defects/ bugs, targeting the application using various testing types like Functional, non-functional, Performance Testing, Automation Testing, Security Testing (Vulnerability Assessment, Application Security, Risk Assessment).
Once the execution is complete, Results are appropriately documented and presented to Test Lead and Project Manager for further decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computers
  • at Thadomal Shahni Engineering College
  • September 2010

Completed My B.E in Computers after my Higher Secondary Schooling & than completed my Diploma in Computer Technology

Specialties & Skills

Information Security operations & Management
Secure source code review
Mobile Application Security
Web Application Security
Web Application & Mobile Application Security Assessments
Network Vulnerability Assessments (VA)
IT Security
Vulnerability Management
Network Vulnerability Assessments (VA) & Penetration Testing (PT)
Information Security Management
Cyber Security

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Marathi
Expert
Urdu
Intermediate

Memberships

ISACA
  • ISACA UAE Chapter Member
  • February 2016

Training and Certifications

Certified Ethical Hacker V7.1 (C|EH) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2012
Valid Until:
January 9999
ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Lead Auditor (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999
ITIL V3 - Information Technology Infrastructure Library (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2012
Valid Until:
January 9999
ISTQB - International Software Testing Qualification Board (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2011
Valid Until:
January 9999
IBM - Seed Certified Tester (Training)
Training Institute:
Seed Infotech - Thane
Date Attended:
September 2010
Duration:
960 hours