Abhishek Bharti Director, Cybersecurity & Privacy PwC Abhishek is a Senior Director in the Cybersecurity & Privacy practice at PwC. He assists clients on matters relating to information security, privacy and related compliance requirements. Abhishek has extensive experience helping his clients assess their security & privacy maturity and in leading security and vulnerability assessments including network attack & penetration testing, spear phishing, IT infrastructure assessments as well as business process and regulatory compliance reviews. Based in New York, NY, Abhishek has a rich cross-sector experience in healthcare, financial services, technology, communications and industrial products. He specializes in Information Security Strategy, Public-Key Infrastructure, Information Privacy, Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery, IT Compliance, NYDFS-Part 500, Sarbanes Oxley, HITRUST, Italian Law 262, IT Governance, and Threat & Vulnerability Management. He has designed and overseen the implementation of large information security projects. Abhishek has designed control frameworks allowing companies to establish Information Security Management Systems. Abhishek has over 18 years of experience and has a Masters in Computer Science. Abhishek regularly speaks on the topics of Cybersecurity and IT Risk Compliance at industry conferences and related events. In the past he has been a speaker at events organized by ISACA, IIA and SIFMA besides numerous internal events organized by PwC. | |
Jennie Cunningham Senior Associate, Information Governance and Privacy PwC Jennie is an attorney and consultant. She currently works in the information governance and privacy group at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Jennie advises primarily large companies across industries on a range of privacy and cybersecurity program challenges; key focus areas include global regulations and regulatory change, strategic policy and planning, governance and framework structures, CCPA and GDPR implementation, global trade, geopolitics and security, and emerging policy and government relations issues. She works with clients subject to overlapping regulatory regimes (sector, jurisdictional, and geographic) to address the complexities involved in responding to intersecting privacy obligations, and design resilient and adaptable privacy programs. Jennie is committed to remaining on the cutting edge of this rapidly evolving area of law and privacy efforts: legal interpretation, risk assessment, problem-solving, recommendations and implementation/operationalization. Her background in international, federal and state privacy issues spans a range of statutes, policies and regulations in data privacy and compliance, including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, NIST, and developing areas such as biometric privacy laws. Jennie earned B.A.s in international relations and political science from Tufts University, and her J.D. from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also holds an M.A. in political science, specializing in security and diplomacy. She is a New York and DC licensed attorney, and CIPP/E. | |
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Danielle Ravich Senior Associate, Cybersecurity & Privacy PwC Danielle practices within PwC’s Cybersecurity & Privacy group. She uses her legal background to advise clients on matters relating to data privacy in tech, consumer products, and banking. Danielle’s areas of expertise include privacy program implementation, data protection strategy, and third party risk management. She has drafted privacy notices, privacy policies and procedures, analyzed data protection agreements, led trainings to help tech teams understand data privacy principles. She has also developed and executed internal privacy audits to help clients understand key privacy risks along with executable recommendations for clients to address federal, state, and international privacy requirements. Danielle earned a B.A. from the University of Michigan and J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. She also holds an M.P.A. from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. She has a CIPP/US, CIP-M and is an IAPP Fellow of Information Privacy. | |
Fallon Remington Director, Privacy PwC Fallon Remington is a Director with the Cybersecurity and Privacy team with over a decade of experience. Her experience includes developing privacy programs and governance models along with managing reporting on privacy gap assessments across multiple sectors. Fallon’s organizational design work focuses on customized frameworks to facilitate operational efficiency in privacy management and GDPR readiness assessments. Her reporting experience includes the development of data inventories and data flow mapping exercises, leading to the development of GDPR-ready privacy programs. In addition to her privacy experience, Fallon has led teams in conducting global SOX 404 reviews consisting of information technology and business process audits for both external and internal multinational fortune 500 audit clients, with a focus on clients in the Retail and Consumer sector. Fallon has extensive experience in performing ITGC and application control reviews, reviewing and assessing the controls over system and application security and assessing key controls involved in business processes. She has experience with a variety of technologies and a specific focus on SAP and SAP’s GRC. | |
Sampath Shivashankara Senior Manager, Cybersecurity & Privacy PwC Sampath is a Senior manager in the Cybersecurity & Privacy practice at PwC. He has more than 10 years of professional experience in Information Security. He specializes in Attack & Penetration Testing, Cybersecurity risk assessments, Network & System Consultation, Managed Security Services and Network/System Security Hardening. He has advanced knowledge and understanding of information security concepts and best practices. He has hands-on experience with network and system components including Firewalls, Switches, Routers, Windows Active Directory, IDS/IPS, SIEM solutions, Log management solutions, Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions etc. He received his Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), India and Master’s (M.S) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Stony Brook University, New York. He has several security certifications including GIAC penetration tester, GIAC Continuous Monitoring Certification, and eLearnSecurity Web Application penetration Tester (training). | |
Jaydeep Thakkar Manager, Cybersecurity, Privacy and Forensics PwC Jaydeep is a Manager in PwC’s Cybersecurity, Privacy and Forensics practice and is focused on delivering information security, risk and privacy services. Jaydeep has over 12 years of experience working in information security controls, risk management, cybersecurity regulatory compliance and IT Audit. He has helped organizations implement assess against various security, regulatory and compliance frameworks, including NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), NIST 800-53, ISO27001/2, HIPAA, FFIEC, NY DFS, Financial Services Profile (FSP), SEC Cyber Disclosure, PCI and SOX. Jaydeep is also a subject matter specialist on Cybersecurity and specializes in leading threat-based information security organization and capability risk assessments; developing, implementing and assessing security strategies, policies and standards; identify and access management, privileged access management, vulnerability management and incident response. He has managed Cybersecurity and incident response program elements, including processes and tools, such as intrusion detection (IDS) and security event and incident management (SIEM) systems. | |