N. Venkatakrishnan, FCA, AICWA, ACS
Over 40 years of audit experience. Rank holder in both the CA and ICWA Final Examinations. Auditor/ Consultant to many of the major industrial and commercial houses in India including Asian Paints, Bajaj Electricals, Cavinkare, Compaq, Euronet and EID Parry. He was also a Director of Bharat Overseas Bank prior to its merger with Indian Overseas Bank.
B. Mahesh Balan, CISA, DISA, ACA
Over 25 years of professional experience in the areas of Audit, Finance and Information technology. Rank holder in both intermediate and final CA examinations. Over 20 years of IT Security Consulting.
V. Vijayakumar, CISA, CDPSE, DISA, ACA
Vijayakumar is a Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant, Certified Information Systems Auditor and Certified Data Privacy Security Expert. In addition to an excellent academic record, he has over 30 years of consulting experience in various facets of Management and Information Security Consulting.
Swameshwar Nagarajan, CPA, FCA, ACMA, CISSP, CEH, DISA, B. Com
Has more than 25 years of Information Security Consulting experience in the areas of Information System Assurance, Risk Assessments, Vulnerability Assessments, Penetration Testing, SSAE Attestations and ISO 27001 Implementation.
Aishwarya Kothaneth – Vice President Technology Practice
More than 5 years of expertise in different domains of information security such as VAPT, Appsec, Network Security, OnPrem and cloud infrastructure Security. VAPT assessments have been completed for over 25 clients worldwide, including banking sectors, private and government organisations, and financial enterprises, as well as offshore clients.
Aparaajit Venkatakrishnan – Vice President GRC Practice
9 + years of experience delivering transformational Information Security projects that include IT Security Audits, ISO27001-ISO27701 Consultation and Implementation Support, SOC 1 and SOC 2 Controls Review and Consultation (Pre-Attestation), COSO ERM Framework Design and Implementation; and Business Process Documentation for customers ranging from start-ups to large conglomerates with multinational presence.
Arham R – Associate Vice President GRC Practice
Chartered Accountant with 3+ years’ experience in Information Security Audit. Experienced in Concurrent audit of Bank’s special departments (like channel reconciliation cell, Information Security Group, Data Centre and Data Recovery site), Vendor audit for outsourced IT services and IS Audit of Non-Banking financial companies (NBFC).
Jagan Kaliprasad - Senior Consultant
Chartered Accountant with 20+ years of experience in Banking, Manufacturing, Assurance & IT Audit and Service Industries across multiple corporates and geographies. Led multiple Business Finance teams specializing in analysis & commentary writing, planning & forecasting, and providing insights to Business / Product CFOs.
Karthik R – Vice President GRC Practice
Experience in handling IT audits with relevance to information security and privacy compliance.Versatile in managing protean nature of client environment and delivering desired output. Experience in performing risk assessment, and conducting ISO and SOC audits with a technical flair and knowledge thereby driving clients to achieve required compliance.
Kumar Krishnan, MBA - Senior Consultant
A graduate in commerce and a post graduate from IIM B specialising in finance and marketing. Over 30 years of multi-sector experience including information security, textiles, construction, software and healthcare. Have been Head of Operations of a major international insurance back office for 7 years. Introduced digital prescription and going paperless for medical professionals and hospitals with a start up in mid 2000s. Founder of a software company for NBFC in 1997 which was supported by Microsoft and later sold.
Muralidharan Swaminathan FCA, DISA - Senior Consultant
15+ years’ experience in Business Partnering, Financial Planning & Analysis, MIS reporting, and General Ledger Accounting across a varied spectrum viz., Banking, Energy, Service and Liner Cargo within the Shared Services industry. 5+ years’ experience delivering various Systems Audit Assignments covering applications audit of web and mobile applications, IT General Control audits, Systems migration audits, preparing clients for SOC1 and SOC2 audits and process audits including preparation of SOPs and Process manuals.
Narayanan R CDPSE, CIA, CISA, CA - Principal Consultant - Risk, Control & Process Review
Two plus decades of domain knowledge expertise performing internal audit activity, control architecture review and information systems audits. Current professional journey is in review of data security and privacy ecosystems, implementing ERM frameworks and enhancing effectiveness of business processes; through internal financial control reviews, ERP PIRs and SSAE audits.
Sanjay Kadel FCA, DISA, DIRM, CISA - Senior Consultant
A Senior IS auditor at Qadit Systems, since 2007, has rich experience in various Applications and IT environments. Well versed with the IT security and governance frameworks ranging from SSAE-18 SOC-2, SOC1, HIPAA, GDPR, COBIT, COSO, Secured dev practices, ISAE-3402, ISO-27001 and other related standards. Has performed IT security assurance and consulting across different verticals. A gold member of ISACA, USA.
Sekar, LLB, CAIIB – Senior Consultant
Served Canara Bank for 39 years, including a year's tenure abroad.
Exposure in Treasury, Forex,Credit, Retail operations and as Faculty.
Sreedas Menon, MCA, CISA – Senior Consultant
Sreedas has more than 23 years of IT experience which includes Information Security Audit and Consulting IT operations management, ERP Support (Finacle for Banks & SAP B1 for SMEs), Business Management and Training experience. He holds graduation in Physics, PGDCA and MCA. He is also a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), ISACA, US & an ISO 27001: 2005 Lead Auditor (IQMS, UK).
Subramanian K, B.Sc., FCA - Senior Consultant
Fellow member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India with more than 25 years of professional & Industrial experience focusing on audit & assurance, accounting, budgeting & MIS and Taxation roles. Held senior level positions in reputed corporates and has been a trusted advisor to the senior management with proven track record. Expert in Income Tax, GST, litigation management, due diligence, budgeting, MIS and all types of audits.
Suman Raj Rangasamy – AVP – Technology Practice
5+ Years of Experience in the field of Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing. Certified Professional with core knowledge on different sectors of Security such as Application Security, Infrastructure Network Security & Cloud Security Assessment. Performed vulnerability assessments on 100+ Applications including Banking applications and Government websites.
Founders
N. Venkatakrishnan, FCA, AICWA, ACS
Over 40 years of audit experience. Rank holder in both the CA and ICWA Final Examinations. Auditor/ Consultant to many of the major industrial and commercial houses in India including Asian Paints, Bajaj Electricals, Cavinkare, Compaq, Euronet and EID Parry. He was also a Director of Bharat Overseas Bank prior to its merger with Indian Overseas Bank.
B. Mahesh Balan, CISA, DISA, ACA
Over 25 years of professional experience in the areas of Audit, Finance and Information technology. Rank holder in both intermediate and final CA examinations. Over 20 years of IT Security Consulting.
V. Vijayakumar, CISA, CDPSE, DISA, ACA
Vijayakumar is a Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant, Certified Information Systems Auditor and Certified Data Privacy Security Expert. In addition to an excellent academic record, he has over 30 years of consulting experience in various facets of Management and Information Security Consulting.
Advisors
Swameshwar Nagarajan, CPA, FCA, ACMA, CISSP, CEH, DISA, B. Com
Has more than 25 years of Information Security Consulting experience in the areas of Information System Assurance, Risk Assessments, Vulnerability Assessments, Penetration Testing, SSAE Attestations and ISO 27001 Implementation.
Captains
Aishwarya Kothaneth – Vice President Technology Practice
More than 5 years of expertise in different domains of information security such as VAPT, Appsec, Network Security, OnPrem and cloud infrastructure Security. VAPT assessments have been completed for over 25 clients worldwide, including banking sectors, private and government organisations, and financial enterprises, as well as offshore clients.
Aparaajit Venkatakrishnan – Vice President GRC Practice
9 + years of experience delivering transformational Information Security projects that include IT Security Audits, ISO27001-ISO27701 Consultation and Implementation Support, SOC 1 and SOC 2 Controls Review and Consultation (Pre-Attestation), COSO ERM Framework Design and Implementation; and Business Process Documentation for customers ranging from start-ups to large conglomerates with multinational presence.
Arham R – Associate Vice President GRC Practice
Chartered Accountant with 3+ years’ experience in Information Security Audit. Experienced in Concurrent audit of Bank’s special departments (like channel reconciliation cell, Information Security Group, Data Centre and Data Recovery site), Vendor audit for outsourced IT services and IS Audit of Non-Banking financial companies (NBFC).
Jagan Kaliprasad - Senior Consultant
Chartered Accountant with 20+ years of experience in Banking, Manufacturing, Assurance & IT Audit and Service Industries across multiple corporates and geographies. Led multiple Business Finance teams specializing in analysis & commentary writing, planning & forecasting, and providing insights to Business / Product CFOs.
Karthik R – Vice President GRC Practice
Experience in handling IT audits with relevance to information security and privacy compliance.Versatile in managing protean nature of client environment and delivering desired output. Experience in performing risk assessment, and conducting ISO and SOC audits with a technical flair and knowledge thereby driving clients to achieve required compliance.
Kumar Krishnan, MBA - Senior Consultant
A graduate in commerce and a post graduate from IIM B specialising in finance and marketing. Over 30 years of multi-sector experience including information security, textiles, construction, software and healthcare. Have been Head of Operations of a major international insurance back office for 7 years. Introduced digital prescription and going paperless for medical professionals and hospitals with a start up in mid 2000s. Founder of a software company for NBFC in 1997 which was supported by Microsoft and later sold.
Muralidharan Swaminathan FCA, DISA - Senior Consultant
15+ years’ experience in Business Partnering, Financial Planning & Analysis, MIS reporting, and General Ledger Accounting across a varied spectrum viz., Banking, Energy, Service and Liner Cargo within the Shared Services industry. 5+ years’ experience delivering various Systems Audit Assignments covering applications audit of web and mobile applications, IT General Control audits, Systems migration audits, preparing clients for SOC1 and SOC2 audits and process audits including preparation of SOPs and Process manuals.
Narayanan R CDPSE, CIA, CISA, CA - Principal Consultant - Risk, Control & Process Review
Two plus decades of domain knowledge expertise performing internal audit activity, control architecture review and information systems audits. Current professional journey is in review of data security and privacy ecosystems, implementing ERM frameworks and enhancing effectiveness of business processes; through internal financial control reviews, ERP PIRs and SSAE audits.
Sanjay Kadel FCA, DISA, DIRM, CISA - Senior Consultant
A Senior IS auditor at Qadit Systems, since 2007, has rich experience in various Applications and IT environments. Well versed with the IT security and governance frameworks ranging from SSAE-18 SOC-2, SOC1, HIPAA, GDPR, COBIT, COSO, Secured dev practices, ISAE-3402, ISO-27001 and other related standards. Has performed IT security assurance and consulting across different verticals. A gold member of ISACA, USA.
Sekar, LLB, CAIIB – Senior Consultant
Served Canara Bank for 39 years, including a year's tenure abroad.
Exposure in Treasury, Forex,Credit, Retail operations and as Faculty.
Sreedas Menon, MCA, CISA – Senior Consultant
Sreedas has more than 23 years of IT experience which includes Information Security Audit and Consulting IT operations management, ERP Support (Finacle for Banks & SAP B1 for SMEs), Business Management and Training experience. He holds graduation in Physics, PGDCA and MCA. He is also a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), ISACA, US & an ISO 27001: 2005 Lead Auditor (IQMS, UK).
Subramanian K, B.Sc., FCA - Senior Consultant
Fellow member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India with more than 25 years of professional & Industrial experience focusing on audit & assurance, accounting, budgeting & MIS and Taxation roles. Held senior level positions in reputed corporates and has been a trusted advisor to the senior management with proven track record. Expert in Income Tax, GST, litigation management, due diligence, budgeting, MIS and all types of audits.
Suman Raj Rangasamy – AVP – Technology Practice
5+ Years of Experience in the field of Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing. Certified Professional with core knowledge on different sectors of Security such as Application Security, Infrastructure Network Security & Cloud Security Assessment. Performed vulnerability assessments on 100+ Applications including Banking applications and Government websites.