BANKING / ASSURANCE
Strengthening banking security assurance
Independent assurance, audit findings management, and clearer risk reporting across a banking environment.
ADIB · May 2025 – January 2026
The challenge
Enterprise-wide information security compliance and assurance aligned to CBUAE ISR, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and NIST standards.
My contribution
- Led compliance governance as the second line of defense.
- Maintained the Information Security Assurance Framework across critical systems and business units.
- Coordinated audits, gap analyses, findings, and corrective actions through closure.
- Reviewed security configurations with platform owners.
Illustrative engagement workflow
A simplified explanation of the approach, not a reproduction of client records.
- Define control objective and scope
- Review operating evidence
- Challenge gaps with control owners
- Track actions and validate closure
Illustrative deliverables
Examples of work products for this type of engagement; no client artifacts are published.
- Control-to-evidence mapping
- Exception register with accountable owners
- Assurance summary with scope and limitations
Career outcomes are reported in my CV dated 2026-08-31. They have not been independently audited for this website. The workflow and deliverables shown here are illustrative; no client records or additional measured results are claimed.
Results & outcomes
- 30% reduction in audit findings.
- 40% improvement in risk-reporting timeliness.
Selected work summarized from my professional experience. Client-sensitive implementation details are not included.