Loss Prevention Cyber Security

Tasneem Mahmood

**** * ****** ***. *******, IL. Phone: 773-***-**** Email: ***********@*****.***

Summary

Dynamic Project Management professional with a strong background in gathering requirements, designing, and implementing practical business solutions focusing on Agile practices. Uniquely skilled to bridge the gap between technical and business. Specializing in Information Security with additional experience in projects spanning across cyber security, technology fulfillment, change management, retail, and client level applications. Experience

Accenture April 2015 – March 2023

Business & Integration Architect Associate Manager Secondary Active Directory Forest Fortification (SADFF) Workstream Lead - Centralized critical administration activities and fortified technical controls for Secondary Active Directory Forest to reduce risks from an evolving threat landscape.

• Reduced 57% of vulnerabilities related to SADF Administrative accounts within 3 months.

• Led coordination with SADF owners and Compliance leads to manage vulnerabilities with SADF Administrator Controls.

• Assessed and identified issues, measured progress and tracked remediation of Administrator reduction controls.

• Collaborated with project teams on implementing the defined business roles within Access & Identity Management

(AIM) solutions.

• Assessed several vendors for Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) and Password Policy Enforcer (PPE) tools to identify products that can reduce vulnerabilities within SADF Administrator log-ins.

• Developed and prioritized user stories, created acceptance criteria, and drove testing and delivery of PPE product implementation.

IOT Network Segmentation Governance Lead - Strengthened Accenture’s Internal security IoT networks by leading the governance processes including complete assessment of inventories at 85 sites to ensure corporate and business IoT devices are correctly identified and have required standards to connect devices to Accenture’s network.

• Built program Governance model and device library from the ground up based on project direction and future expectations.

• Provided subject matter recommendations and identified gaps for inventory gathering, approval processes, and ServiceNow device registration.

• Proactively identified and tracked project risk and developed mitigation plans to manage risk.

• Completed audit of sites to ensure devices at each site were registered, migrated and wireless device access removed from back-end channel configuration.

• Promoted effective teamwork, mentored employees and evaluated individual performance. Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Optimization Project Lead - Increased Accenture’s security posture by optimizing the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) program and implementing more advance polices across the organization to protect both client and Accenture's data.

• Led implementation of 50+ client DLP policies for select Accenture client teams to reduce risk of sensitive data loss and ensure Accenture's data protection standards.

• Managed relationships with stakeholders to provide DLP policy rules and requirements, establish clear cadence for project communication, and used data-driven approach to determine program success metrics.

• Developed and executed several DLP strategies pilot initiatives to maintain various data protection measures across the organization.

Tasneem Mahmood Resume (Continued)

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Optimization Project Lead (Continued)

• Implemented best agile practices: dynamic team collaboration, informative metrics, lean development, continuous improvement.

• Provided recommendations on client policies and behaviors for next generation data protection capabilities as SME.

• Coordinated with legal to obtain data privacy approvals for DLP policies, GDPR and approvals for countries with stringent DP laws, prior to implementation.

• Managed project teams to maintain high standards of service, compliance, and efficiency. British Petroleum

Process Lead – Modernizing retail site infrastructure for over 1000+ US sites.

• Increased turnover time by 27% to resolve Issues/Risks/Change Request by providing duration metrics and maintaining regular follow-ups during weekly review meetings.

• Managed change request and ensured cost, schedule and/or scope analysis was finalized for decision review.

• Maintained issues and risk within the projects various business units to track mitigation and raised matters for necessary pull to resolve.

• Produce weekly deliverables for client as well as ad-hoc presentations and updates.

• Contributed to project charter to determine in-scope and out-of-scope items for the projects. Education

Northeastern Illinois University – Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Science - Finance

IC Agile Certified

AWS Security Certification – In Progress

Skills

• Strong attention to detail with a professional commitment to high quality deliverables.

• Strong ability to act independently and contribute to a team environment with professional and emotional maturity.

• Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands.

• Good presentation skills, ability to present effectively to technical and non-technical colleagues at all levels including senior and executive levels.

• Ability to work on multiple priorities and projects simultaneously without impact to quality of work.

• Ability to deliver projects within the constraints of scope, time, cost and quality.

• Strong ability to meet deadlines.

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