Raj Viswanathan — CEO

As CISO for Nium, responsible for overseeing the information security, risk, and governance function at Nium, and for developing and implementing Information Security, Privacy, and Resilience strategy across the company. Responsible for delivering the end-to-end vision of maintaining the highest risk and governance standards across the globe through internal processes, technologies, and tools in a secure and resilient way. More than 20 years of experience, including 10 years in a Big Four audit firm and 5 years in the US, in managing IT advisory, information security, and business process controls reviews. Prior to Nium, as Head of Cyber Security Risk Advisory in Standard Chartered Bank, was responsible for information security risk assessment for the Bank’s IT assets, and established a vision to drive effective and efficient risk mitigation strategy with appropriate risk-commensurate controls. Led agile implementation of an ITGRC solution to enable the re-engineered Cyber Security risk assessment process. As part of Secure by Design initiative, implemented the overall Security Impact Assessment workflow, project engagement model, and tooling to ensure security requirements are identified early in the System Development Lifecycle and the Bank’s systems are secured during inception. As a Director in EY India (Gurgaon) have been responsible for managing the financial audit IT integration (IT Audit) solution for North & East areas (200+ clients), and driving the advisory program in existing audit clients. As a member of the EY Global’s Functional Stakeholders Group, was responsible for reviewing Information Security strategy, tactical planning and approval of projects in the Enterprise Security Program. Additionally, spent 40% time in EY’s internal Global Internal Audit (GIA) function leading the GIA India team, and performing strategic audits of EY Member Firms. Implemented Integrated IT governance frameworks – Information Security Management System (ISO 27001), IT Service Management System (ISO 20000), and Business Continuity Management System (ISO 22301). Areas of expertise include: • IT Governance, Policies and Procedures • IT Due Diligence and Vendor Reviews • IT Risk Assessment • ISO 27001 assessment and advisory • IT Process reviews • Application Controls and Segregation of Duties review • SOX 404 compliance and IT general controls (ITGC) review • Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned expert in Fintech and Consulting with a strong focus on Information Security and Risk Management.

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Experience: 23 yrs 5 mos