RAHUL BISWARI

Current

Anchor - DSCI Bangalore chapter at Data Security Council of India (DSCI)
Worldwide Manager - BCP and Information Security at Hewlett Packard - GBS

Past

Worldwide Manager - BCP and Information Security at Hewlett Packard - BPO
Head - Global Risk Management Solutions (GRMS) at Wipro Technologies
Head - IRM, Bangalore at KPMG

Full Time Post Graduate Project Thesis work at KPMG
Process Engr - Lead and Silver Plant at Hindustan Zinc Limited

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Education

BS 25999 LA
MBCP Exam, DRII, USA
DRP - 501, DRII, USA

CISSP, ISC2, USA
CISA (Passed) - ISACA, USA.
CPIM - APICS, USA
National Institute of Industrial Engineering
Vinoba Bhave University
Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Bokaro Steel City

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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RAHUL BISWARI’s Summary

Rahul has a several years of experience in the area of Risk Management as Practitioner/ Advisor and Auditor. He has advised/ worked with over 50+ clients in these capacities.

Rahul's areas of work & interests include the following:

- Business Continuity Planning (BCP);
- Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP);
- Real life Crisis Management;
- Risk Assessments and Management;
- Information Security (including ISO 27001 program);
- Data Privacy;
- Application (including ERP) and Database security;
- Operating system security;
- Supply Chain Risk Management;
- Employee and Physical Security;
- SAS 70;
- Investigations and Audits/ Assessments;
- Green Strategy(Energy efficient Data Centers);
- Enterprise Risk Management;
- Financial (currency+macroeconomics) and Country risks.

RAHUL BISWARI’s Specialties:

Rahul is currently the Convener of Data Security Council of India (DSCI) - Bangalore Chapter. WEBSITE: www.dsci.in

Rahul has been invited to speak in Seminars/Conferences/ Summits on the following:

Business Continuity Management;
Green Strategy (Energy efficient Data centers technologies);
Wireless Security;
Information Security (ISO 27001);
Insider Threats;
BS 7799/ ISO 27001;
Data Privacy; &
Information Security - The Neglected essentials.

RAHUL BISWARI’s Experience

Anchor - DSCI Bangalore chapter

Data Security Council of India (DSCI)

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

While currently working with HP, i am also associated with DSCI (www.dsci.in) which has been set up under the aegis of NASSCOM in India. The DSCI Bangalore chapter was launched in 2008.

The DSCI Vision is to "Harness data protection as a lever for economic development of India through global integration of practices and standards conforming to various legal regimes.”
Worldwide Manager - BCP and Information Security

Hewlett Packard - GBS

(Public Company; Computer & Network Security industry)

November 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

Primarily working in the area of Risk Management for Global Business Services at HP. The areas are mentioned in summary section above.
Worldwide Manager - BCP and Information Security

Hewlett Packard - BPO

(Public Company; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2004 — October 2007 (3 years 3 months)

As Worldwide Manager for BCP and Information Security Function, i was responsible for setting up a Global Team and associated Intellectual Property to look after the following programs for Customer Operations at HP BPO: BCP/ Information Security (ISO 27001)/ SAS 70/ Data Privacy/ Assessments and Audits/ Investigations etc. Primarily into Risk Management.
Head - Global Risk Management Solutions (GRMS)

Wipro Technologies

(Public Company; WIT; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2003 — August 2004 (9 months)

Worked largely in Bangalore and USA during this time.
Head - IRM, Bangalore

KPMG

(Partnership; Accounting industry)

May 1999 — December 2003 (4 years 8 months)

Worked with KPMG in its Mumbai office and later shifted to Bangalore. The inital team of handful professionals in the Information Risk Management Practice has now grown into big practice of hundreds of professionals across India.
Full Time Post Graduate Project Thesis work

KPMG

(Accounting industry)

February 1999 — May 1999 (4 months)

I did a full time research project at KPMG during this time on Security in Networks.
Process Engr - Lead and Silver Plant

Hindustan Zinc Limited

(Mining & Metals industry)

May 1996 — April 1997 (1 year )

Operations Management. (Metal Production). Was responsible as a Shift Engineer then to manage Lead and Silver plant at Vizag.
Learnt production technologies for Zinc/ Lead/ Cadmium and Silver at various facilities of HZL in India (They were in Rajasthan and Vizag).

It was a joy to learn about the integrated approach to metal making in non-ferrous sector especially from Mining (Underground and Open Cast) to Processing into pure metal through its various stages!

RAHUL BISWARI’s Education

BS 25999 LA

BS 25999 LA , Business Continuty Management , 2009 — 2009

Activities and Societies:

Business Continuity Management (BCM) course from British Standards Institute (BSI).
MBCP Exam, DRII, USA

MBCP , Business Continuity Management , 2008 — 2008

Passed MBCP Case Study Exam in June 2008.
DRP - 501, DRII, USA

ABCP , Business Continuity Management , 2003 — 2003

Completed DRP 501 exam at Master Level (85%+) in 2003. Received ABCP in 2007.
CISSP, ISC2, USA

CISSP , Risk Management, Information Security , 2002 — 2002
CISA (Passed) - ISACA, USA.

Passed CISA exam , Risk Management, Information Security and Controls, Assurance. , 2000 — 2000
CPIM - APICS, USA

CPIM* , Master Production Scheduling (MPS) , 1999 — 1999

Finished MPS exam as part of CPIM certification exam conducted by APICS, USA. Did not take other papers beyond Master Production Scheduling as i had commenced Specialization in Risk Management domain in January 1999.
National Institute of Industrial Engineering

PGDIM (eqv MBA) , Business , 1997 — 1999

National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE). Website www.nitie.edu

Institution set up by United Nations under the ILO at Mumbai, India.

Activities and Societies:

- Summer Internship in 1998 at Price Waterhouse Associates. Area of work - Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Duration : 8 Weeks.
- Final project for MBA at KPMG. Area of Work - Network Security. Feb 1999 to May 1999.
Vinoba Bhave University

BE , Engineering (Passed with Distinction) , 1991 — 1995

Chemical Engineering from BIT SINDRI (Vinoba Bhave University)

Summer Internship in a Large Integrated steel Plant of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) . Area of work - Integrated Steel Making process. Coke Ovens and By Product Plant. Duration - 4 weeks.

Activities and Societies:

Joint Secretary - Rotaract Club
Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Bokaro Steel City

I did my complete schooling upto 12th Class at Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Bokaro Steel City. Indeed a wonderful school in a lovely township.

Additional Information

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RAHUL BISWARI’s Interests:

Risk Management, Information Technology, Business Continuity Planning, Photography. Rahul specialises in reading Business/ World history books and Biographies/ Autobiographies.