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GRC Manager | Client Data Protection at Accenture | CISSP, CCSP, CISA, CCIE Security, CGE-P | Policy-as-Code

About

I'm a GRC Manager with 14+ years in cybersecurity and information security. For the past five years I've run Client Data Protection at Accenture, covering 22 enterprise clients across Italy, Central Europe, and Greece. My job is making sure every control is mapped correctly, backed by evidence, and handled through a formal exception when it can't be met. Each account has an Account Information Security Lead, and I set their performance standards, give quarterly feedback that feeds into their ratings, and take their escalations. Around 250 to 350 people a month complete their controls with that structure behind them. On the audit side, I run the full lifecycle for the portfolio: scoping, control walkthroughs, evidence validation, non-conformity tracking, and remediation closure, supporting internal, external, and client audits. I introduced named-owner, deadline-driven tracking for remediation items, which gave audits a defensible closure trail. When risk assessments surface gaps, I take them to delivery leadership as remediation engagements. Before GRC, I spent years in network security. In Cisco's Professional Services / CX Security team (through Wipro), I worked on large enterprise firewall migrations and validated 500+ site-to-site VPN tunnels. At Accenture I also deployed Always-On GlobalProtect VPN worldwide for a major client. That hands-on background shapes how I evaluate controls today. Outside my Accenture role, I've been building GRC engineering skills through the GRC Engineering Club, and I completed the CGE-P certification. In those labs I wrote policy-as-code checks with Terraform, OPA/Rego, and Conftest, signed the evidence with Sigstore so it can be verified rather than trusted, and wired the checks into a CI pipeline that blocks non-compliant infrastructure changes before deployment. I'm now walking Accenture's CDP and audit teams through the approach, and I serve as Director of Events for the club's Bangalore chapter. Certifications: CISSP, CCSP, CISA, CCIE Security, ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor, Certified in Cybersecurity, CGE-P. Open to GRC Manager and GRC engineering roles.

Location

Coimbatore

AI stack

claude code

codex

cursor

geminicli

github copilot

mcp

Work experience

Client data protection at Accenture, Dec 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 11 mos, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Security Consultant at Accenture, Mar 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Network Security Engineer at First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), Jul 2020 - Jan 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Network Security Engineer at Wipro Limited, Jun 2018 - Jan 2022 · 3 yrs 8 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area

Security Consultant at Cisco, Jun 2018 - Jul 2020 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Infrastrucutre Technology Specialist at Cognizant, May 2016 - Apr 2017 · 1 yr, Greater Coimbatore Area

Education

MIT, Networking, James Cook University

Master of IT, Networking, James Cook University