Paritosh Saxena

Core Team
Paritosh Saxena
Director Regional Head - Cyber Security & Technology Resilience
Education & Qualifications
  • Bachelor of Engineering (Hons.) (Electronics and Communication)
  • CISSP
  • CISM
  • CDPSE
  • SANS GRID
  • ISO 27001 LA
  • ISO 27017/18
Areas of Expertise
  • Cyber Security, GRC
  • Business Resilience
  • Data Protection and Privacy
  • Information Risk Management
  • Regulatory Advisory
  • Emerging Technology Risk Management
Overview

Paritosh leads the Cyber Security and Technology Resilience Advisory Services for Baker Tilly Middle East. He brings over 18 years of experience in cyber security, technology risk management, large scale network management and business resilience. He has extensively worked across strategic technology and cyber security transformation assignments across the public sector, telecommunications, oil & gas, and financial sector.

He has also worked with various government agencies and regulatory bodies to assist with national level and sector specific cyber security and technology risk management frameworks.

In his previous roles, he has worked with leading consulting organizations (PwC and KPMG) and with global technology and telecommunications OEMs.

Relevant Experience
  • Led and supervised multiple technology audits and regulatory compliance reviews for organizations across banking and financial sector. Led assessments across key banking systems and applications including Core Banking, Payment Systems, SWIFT ERP, DWH and MIS platforms.
  • Led an engagement on design of sector level technology risk management framework for a Middle-East Central Bank. As part of the assignment, he also led the review of technology, cyber security and resilience capabilities of 15+ banks on behalf of the Central Bank.
  • Managed a two-year engagement for technology refresh and data center upgrade for a major public sector bank in India. Redesigned enterprise architecture, upgraded technology and security infrastructure, and aligned with TIA-912 standards.
  • Led engagement for IT strategy design for one of the largest banks in the Middle East. As part of the engagement, he also designed the target operating model for the bank’s IT department, IT policies and processes, strategy monitoring KPIs, and three-year tactical plans for implementation of the identified technology and cyber security strategic initiatives.
  • Led engagement on security architecture review for a leading financial sector organization in the Middle-East.
  • Led engagement on design of Business Continuity Management framework for a leading Middle-East bank.
  • Led engagement on IT Audits for a leading financial sector organization in the Middle-East.
  • Led engagement on regulatory compliance review for a leading financial sector organization in Qatar.
  • Led engagement on design of IT and IS policies for a leading insurance organization in Qatar.