Sri Shankari P

Business Continuity and GRC Professional with 2 years and 10 months of experience in implementing and auditing ISO 22301 and ISO 27001 standards across multiple industries and geographies including India and GCC regions. Holds a bachelor's degree in computer science with demonstrated experience in regulatory compliance covering Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) and Qatar National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA). Has delivered consulting engagements across Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI), IT, Governments, Oil & Gas, Stockbroking and Real Estate sectors for clients in India, UAE and Qatar, supporting organizations in building resilient, secure and compliant operations aligned with international standards and regulatory requirements.

Technology Consultant at Protiviti (2023-08 – Present)

• Responsible for executing Business Continuity Management Systems (BCMS), Information Security Management Systems (ISMS), IT Service Management (ITSM) and Control Objectives for Information Technology (COBIT) for multiple clients across India, UAE and Qatar, with onsite delivery experience in India and Qatar.
• Executed ISMS implementation and documentation in alignment with ISO 27001, covering the full lifecycle from scoping and context establishment through to Statement of Applicability (SoA), control selection and documentation of policies, procedures and work instructions.
• Conducted comprehensive gap analyses to assess client readiness against business continuity, information security, service management, IT Governance and regulatory requirements, addressing findings into actionable recommendations and roadmaps.
• Performed Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and Risk Assessments (RA) to identify critical business functions, dependencies and threat exposures; conducted Information Security Risk Assessments (ISRA) to evaluate risks against information assets and define appropriate treatment plans.
• Developed and implemented Policies, Procedures and Frameworks for BCMS, ISMS and IT Governance aligned with organizational objectives and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Designed and delivered Recovery Strategies, Business Continuity Plans (BCP), Crisis Management Plans (CMP) and Emergency Response Plans (ERP) tailored to client environments.
• Delivered training programmes covering Business Continuity and Information Security awareness for client stakeholders.
• Designed and executed testing exercises including tabletop exercises, simulation drills and call tree tests, to validate plan effectiveness and identify improvement areas.
• Conducted internal audits across BCMS and ISMS domains, managing findings from both internal and external assessments through to closure.
• Supported ISO Stage 1 and Stage 2 certification audits, resulting in successful ISO 22301 and ISO 27001 certifications.
• Analysed Request for Proposals (RFPs) and Scope of Work (SoW) to understand client requirements and developed tailored proposals outlining scope, approach and solution design for BCMS and ISMS engagements.
• Built and maintained strong client relationships, consistently delivering high-quality engagements that met client expectations and timelines.

Intern at Infosys (2022-12 – 2023-03)

• Developed and trained a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) model in Python to simulate and analyse Color Vision Deficiency (CVD) as part of a team project.
• Prepared and preprocessed image datasets to train the GAN, ensuring input data quality and alignment with the model architecture for accurate CVD representation.
• Collaborated with the team to evaluate the generated outputs, iterating on training parameters to enhance the model's ability to replicate color vision deficiency conditions realistically.

B.Sc. in Computer Science – Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts & Science for Women, Coimbatore, India (2020 – 2023)