Deepika Elavia

A competent delivery focused project manager, with over 10 years’ experience in delivering complex infrastructure and cyber security projects across telecoms, banking/finance and Energy industries. Experienced in delivering full-stack security solutions from end-to-end. With proven track record in coordinating SIEM migrations, threat defense initiatives and compliance alignment (ISO 27001, NIST, CIS, GDPR).

Skilled in orchestrating cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams, managing multimillion-pound budgets, and ensuring delivery against stringent deadlines. Experienced in SOC enablement, KPI and threat metric reporting, and translating security strategy into operational outcomes that strengthen governance and reduce risk. Recognised for strategic decision-making, experienced in both permanent and fixed term or contract engagements, consistently delivering critical projects to completion.

• Security Frameworks & Compliance Oversight: Ensuring project align with ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS controls, GDPR, and ITIL
• Security Solutions Delivered: Full-stack end-to-end security
• Cloud Security Delivered: Co-ordinated M365 AND Azure security project, deployed SaaS security solutions (AppOmni, Swimlane, Lookout, delivered cloud SIEM integrations, MFA, PAM, AND Microsoft Defender rollouts 
• Threat Defence & Incident Response Coordination: Oversaw delivery of IDS/IPS, firewall upgrades (Palo Alto, Cisco ASAs), SOC integrations and threat-hunting enablement
• Governance and Risk Management: Led risk mitigation planning, audit readiness, policy development, KPI/threat metric reporting 
• Project Leadership, Methodologies & Tools: Vendor and MSSP management, stakeholder engagement, Agile (Scrum), Waterfall, Prince2, APM PMQ, Jira, Confluence 

Prince 2 Practitioner Certified

APM Foundation Certified

APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ)

ITIL Foundation Certified

CISM – ISCA Certified

CompTIA Security+ (In Progress)

The University of Greenwich - BSc (Hons) Computing Degree