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Brijesh K.

Risk and Compliance @ CRED

Bengaluru

7+ years of work experience

CRED
Feb 20233 yrs 9 mosPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Oversaw technology-risk governance across payment products, cloud infrastructure, identity systems, internal platforms, distributed microservices, and enterprise AI initiatives; managed a portfolio of 300+ technology risks. - Developed and operationalized a 350+ control compliance framework for the Payment Aggregator business, translating RBI requirements into engineering and operational controls. - Interpreted RBI Payment Aggregator and PPI/wallet requirements for payment initiatives, including merchant onboarding, tokenisation, escrow management, data handling, and infrastructure changes. - Embedded regulatory, security, and operational risk reviews into solution design and architecture reviews with Engineering and Product teams before production deployment. - Led cross-functional remediation and closure of RBI supervisory observations by coordinating Engineering, Product, Operations, Legal, and business stakeholders. - Implemented continuous-control monitoring that automated 50+ security and compliance controls across cloud infrastructure, endpoints, identity management, and collaboration platforms. - Redesigned the Business Impact Analysis process using AI-assisted workflows, reducing assessment effort from 5 days to under 2 hours while improving documentation quality. - Established governance practices for enterprise AI platforms supporting 400+ production workflows, 700K+ AI interactions, and 40+ AI agents. - Assessed AI risk and production readiness for LLM-enabled applications, RAG workflows, coding assistants, voice initiatives, and agentic workflows. - Defined controls for AI-system ownership, authentication, data protection, user attribution, privileged access, lifecycle management, and auditability. - Integrated Responsible AI controls into existing technology-risk and governance processes to support ISO 42001 readiness. - Produced executive risk reporting and governance metrics through ServiceNow GRC.
IBM
Mar 20221 yrFeb 2023

Gurugram, Haryana, India

- Managed Information Security Management Systems supporting ISO 27001 certification across multiple consulting engagements. - Led technology-risk assessments, audit-readiness initiatives, and governance reviews for enterprise clients. Partnered with Engineering and Delivery teams to strengthen controls across cloud infrastructure, identity management, and enterprise applications. - Performed control-design reviews, remediation validation, and executive risk reporting.
Apr 20211 yrMar 2022

Gurugram, Haryana, India

- Delivered technology-risk consulting engagements for financial-services and technology organizations covering internal audit, IT General Controls, SOX, and regulatory programs. - Evaluated security architecture, identity management, application security, and infrastructure controls across critical enterprise environments. - Advised clients on risk identification, remediation strategy, and governance-maturity improvements; prepared executive-level audit observations and recommendations.
Oct 20207 mosApr 2021

Gurugram, Haryana, India

Jun 20191 yr 5 mosOct 2020

Gurugram, Haryana, India

Grant Thornton India LLP
Jun 20172 mosJul 2017

Gurgaon, Haryana, India

-Understanding of ITGC and SOC audit -Assisted Auditors at two of their client sites in performing IT audits -Analysed their previous audit reports developing understanding over various controls and how to test them -Researched over the privacy laws in major countries of the world

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Education

UPES

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science

UPES

20154 yrs2019

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Headline

Risk and Compliance @ CRED

About

Technology Risk and GRC professional with 7+ years of experience in fintech, consulting, information security, and regulatory compliance. Brings deep knowledge of India’s payments regulations, including RBI Payment Aggregator and Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI/wallet) requirements, data localisation, tokenisation, escrow, merchant onboarding, and payment resilience. Partners with Engineering, Product, Security, Legal, and Operations teams to translate requirements into controls for payment products, cloud platforms, and distributed microservices. Reviews enterprise AI use cases, including LLM-enabled workflows, RAG applications, coding assistants, and agentic systems, for data protection, access, accountability, auditability, and production readiness.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Risk and Compliance at CRED, Feb 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Oversaw technology-risk governance across payment products, cloud infrastructure, identity systems, internal platforms, distributed microservices, and enterprise AI initiatives; managed a portfolio of 300+ technology risks. - Developed and operationalized a 350+ control compliance framework for the Payment Aggregator business, translating RBI requirements into engineering and operational controls. - Interpreted RBI Payment Aggregator and PPI/wallet requirements for payment initiatives, including merchant onboarding, tokenisation, escrow management, data handling, and infrastructure changes. - Embedded regulatory, security, and operational risk reviews into solution design and architecture reviews with Engineering and Product teams before production deployment. - Led cross-functional remediation and closure of RBI supervisory observations by coordinating Engineering, Product, Operations, Legal, and business stakeholders. - Implemented continuous-control monitoring that automated 50+ security and compliance controls across cloud infrastructure, endpoints, identity management, and collaboration platforms. - Redesigned the Business Impact Analysis process using AI-assisted workflows, reducing assessment effort from 5 days to under 2 hours while improving documentation quality. - Established governance practices for enterprise AI platforms supporting 400+ production workflows, 700K+ AI interactions, and 40+ AI agents. - Assessed AI risk and production readiness for LLM-enabled applications, RAG workflows, coding assistants, voice initiatives, and agentic workflows. - Defined controls for AI-system ownership, authentication, data protection, user attribution, privileged access, lifecycle management, and auditability. - Integrated Responsible AI controls into existing technology-risk and governance processes to support ISO 42001 readiness. - Produced executive risk reporting and governance metrics through ServiceNow GRC.

Security Consultant at IBM, Mar 2022 - Feb 2023 · 1 yr, Gurugram, Haryana, India, - Managed Information Security Management Systems supporting ISO 27001 certification across multiple consulting engagements. - Led technology-risk assessments, audit-readiness initiatives, and governance reviews for enterprise clients. Partnered with Engineering and Delivery teams to strengthen controls across cloud infrastructure, identity management, and enterprise applications. - Performed control-design reviews, remediation validation, and executive risk reporting.

Associate at Price Waterhouse LLP, Apr 2021 - Mar 2022 · 1 yr, Gurugram, Haryana, India, - Delivered technology-risk consulting engagements for financial-services and technology organizations covering internal audit, IT General Controls, SOX, and regulatory programs. - Evaluated security architecture, identity management, application security, and infrastructure controls across critical enterprise environments. - Advised clients on risk identification, remediation strategy, and governance-maturity improvements; prepared executive-level audit observations and recommendations.

Sr. Analyst at Price Waterhouse LLP, Oct 2020 - Apr 2021 · 7 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India

Analyst at Price Waterhouse LLP, Jun 2019 - Oct 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India

Summer Trainee-IT Advisory & Cybersecurity at Grant Thornton India LLP, Jun 2017 - Jul 2017 · 2 mos, Gurgaon, Haryana, India, -Understanding of ITGC and SOC audit -Assisted Auditors at two of their client sites in performing IT audits -Analysed their previous audit reports developing understanding over various controls and how to test them -Researched over the privacy laws in major countries of the world

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science, UPES