Beenash Khwaja

Cybersecurity professional with 6+ years in Quality and Operations, now focused on GRC, IT risk and compliance. Hands-on experience in vendor risk assessments, control gap analysis, access-control audits and compliance evidence collection.

IT GRC Analyst Intern (2024-02 – 2024-06)

• Conducted vendor and third-party risk assessments, reviewing security documentation to assess control maturity.
• Supported control gap analysis and compliance evidence collection across IT risk review cycles.

Ethical Hacker Intern (2023-02 – 2023-08)

• Built foundational skills in ethical hacking methodologies and security reconnaissance through structured hands-on training.
• Gained working knowledge of security monitoring and SIEM concepts during the internship programme.

Quality & Operations Customer Service at Conneqt / Altius / Wipro (2016-01 – 2022-12)

• Performed process audits and quality reviews assessing adherence to defined compliance standards across multiple accounts.
• Managed compliance documentation, audit reporting and stakeholder communication with strong attention to detail.

Maternity & Childcare Break (2024-07 – Present)

Planned career break for maternity and childcare, overlapping with a deliberate transition into cybersecurity GRC.

• Experience as Maternity & Childcare Break.

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Computer Science