Himanshu Tarpara

• I am available to Join immediately and I also hold UAE Golden Visa
• Seasoned Information - Cyber Security / Data Protection / IT Risk / IT Audit Leader with 19+ years driving security, technology risk, compliance and governance across Government, Banking, Finance, IT & FinTech industries in the India, UAE and Europe geographies.
• CISSP® and CISA® certified, blending deep technical assurance with strong IT – Security, Risk Mgmt., Audit and Governance expertise.

• Have held de-facto deputy CISO responsibilities, supporting the group-wide cyber security strategy, governance roadmap, and steering cross-functional teams to uplift cyber resilience and regulatory compliance across the enterprise.
• Led enterprise-wide implementation & assurance of ISO 27001 ISMS, ISO 22301 BCMS, IT Risk frameworks, Data Protection, ITGC controls and SSAE 16 / ISAE 3402 / SOC 2 audits, delivering secure, compliant, audit-ready and regulator-aligned environments.
• Strategic advisor to C-Suite with proven ability to translate complex technology, cloud, data and cyber risks into clear business impact, thus supporting CXO’s, risk committees, and regulators in fast-paced fintech & financial services environments to take well-informed decisions.
• Hands-on operational experience of IAM, PAM & DLP solutions (SailPoint, CA, CyberArk, ARCOS, Microsoft Purview, Forcepoint), cutting down identity, data-loss and privileged-access risk to the organizations.
• Strengthened ITGC and Governance by leading IT Access & Change Management (CAB/RCB), SoD mapping, risk control effectiveness metrics and privileged accounts access recertification thus improving overall operational maturity.
• Drove enterprise security risk & vendor due-diligence programs, along with being consistently trusted as the front-end face to regulators, external auditors, and banking partners like UAE Central Bank, German BaFin, Swedish SFSA and India’s RBI.
• Professional with extensive international experience (India, UAE, Germany, Sweden, UK) known for building a security-first culture and delivering impactful cyber security awareness programs & trainings for 300+ employees.

2004 – 2005

Heriot Watt University (UK)

Master’s degree in Information Technology (Embedded Systems)

Full time study in the UK

Graduated with “DISTINCTION” grade and was a TOPPER in my class batch