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title: "Nagammai Shanmugham - Vice President Security in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Nagammai Shanmugham, CISO | Cybersecurity & Risk Executive · 20 yrs in global banking | CISSP · CCISO · IICA Director | Researcher. Toastmaster. Mother. Always curious. based in Bengaluru."
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# Nagammai Shanmugham on Tal

## Headline

CISO \| Cybersecurity & Risk Executive · 20 yrs in global banking \| CISSP · CCISO · IICA Director \| Researcher\. Toastmaster\. Mother\. Always curious\.

## About

Enabled multi\-region regulatory and risk compliance by integrating AI\-led controls and automated provenance verification, accelerating secure delivery cycles by 15%\+\. Collaborated directly with executive leadership and board stakeholders on secure by default strategy for digital assets and enterprise infrastructure, establishing industry\-leading benchmarks for solutioning and agile transformation\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## Work experience

Vice President Security at Standard Chartered, Jun 2024 \- Present · 2 yrs 2 mos, Transformed fragmented IT/OT cybersecurity oversight into a quantifiable, regulator\-ready risk framework — raising compliance maturity by 27% and achieving zero audit findings within the first year\.

Assistant Vice President at State Street, Oct 2022 \- Apr 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Assistant at Standard Chartered, Oct 2022 \- Apr 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos, Established a unified cybersecurity and resilience governance model across 20\+ regions — improving compliance alignment by 42%, cutting audit exceptions by 40%, and enabling real\-time risk visibility at Board level\.

Technology governance lead/consultant at Tata Consultancy Services, Sep 2017 \- Oct 2022 · 5 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Proactively monitor the environment for security loopholes Adept at performing business analysis on GRC consulting, Risk assessment, Vendor risk assessment, third party audit, IT policy design & auditing\. Conducted Cyber risk assessments for the private cloud infrastructure, Commercial off the shelf software applications – zscalar& Crowdstrike, Ingress and Egress traffic flow\. Correlate the events and logs to understand the holistic picture of security environment via threat protection, detection and response Consulted with business/security stake holders on information security and current and emerging risk requirement through each of the information security controls – information classification and handling, media handling, third party security management, active directory domain, patch management, anti\-virus, anti\-malware, vulnerability management, incident management, penetration testing, data leak prevention, multi factor authentication, least privileges, encryption key management, BCP/DR plans, capacity management\. Expert in developing internal governance framework and risk and control framework and risk and governance processes while managing all operational risk and regulatory related activities\. Drives business by delivering high\-quality solutions, deploying effective technologies and anticipating needs, while ensuring flawless execution of operations\. Has been an individual contributor for information security documentation like Risk register, Standard Operating Procedure manual, KPI/KRI metrics, BCP, Service provider security requirement, hardening and baseline\. Audited the environment as an internal auditor through QA QC routines Attended audit as an auditee in various external audits, regulatory audits\.

Infrastructure Team Lead at Tata Consultancy Services, Aug 2014 \- Aug 2017 · 3 yrs 1 mo, Greater Bengaluru Area, Managed minimum of 8 projects each year while maintaining adherence to budget, schedule and scope requirements\. Identified innovative and automated approaches to routine tasks, making suggestions that were widely received\. Maintained strict budgetary control on banking ODC projects ranging from $50k to $20 million and worked with project teams to track costs and control expenditures without sacrificing quality\.

Infrastructure Network Lead at Tata Consultancy Services, Feb 2010 \- Jul 2014 · 4 yrs 6 mos, Bangalore, India, Drove operational improvements which resulted in savings and improved profit margins\. Saved $35k by implementing cost\-saving initiatives that addressed long\-standing problems\. Managed quality assurance program, including on\-site evaluations, internal audits and BCP/DR drills\.  Implement and manage multiple projects on a whole\.  Ensure consistent and integrated implementation of service initiatives across customer segments and business units\.  Deliver the total business solution on time and within budget\.  Maintained documentation for clients' large websites and designed information architecture for key accounts  Conducted one on one session with the clients to assess client needs and expectations and ensure project delivery within deadline\.  Responsible for status reporting, client communication & coordinating with the project management team for timely completion and quality maintenance of projects  Implemented new production methodologies that resulted in optimizing employee's time to finish the tasks, thus enhancing employee efficiency  Responsible for streamlining work processes in various teams that include quality control, human resource, communication management and design  Contributing to company's growth by means of business development

Technology Lead at TCS — US Bank, Sep 2017 \- Oct 2022 · 5 yrs 2 mos, Unified fragmented GRC programmes across 4 continents, achieving 100% audit compliance, 33% faster audit closure, and zero high\-risk findings for three consecutive years\.

Infrastructure Specialist at TCS — US Bank, Jan 2008 \- Sep 2017 · 9 yrs 9 mos, Directed critical infrastructure transformation across global banking ODCs: 18% cost efficiency gain, 100% SLA adherence, zero downtime, and 60% reduction in forensic investigation time\.

## Education

Masters, Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore

Postgraduate Degree, Cyber law, National Law School of India University

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