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Niketa Alvina, CISA
Cybersecurity Leader | IT Audit Executive | Thought Leader experienced in IT Risk & Compliance
Columbus, OH, United States
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Experience:
Establish strategy and direction for IT Privacy Compliance and Controls Compliance Council programs, while leading a team of over 10 diverse associates, to drive risk mitigation for the IT organization, including compliance to key regulation requirements such as SOX, HIPAA, GDPR, CMMC, and FedRamp
2021 : Present
Cardinal Health
Manager, Information Security and Risk
Established strategy and direction for CCC program to enhance security awareness and drive risk mitigation, which resulted in reducing SOX compliance failure rate by 3%. Served as a liaison between Internal Audit, External Audit and control owners to drive IT control environment improvements. Developed training materials and hosted10+ training sessions for the IT organization to provide control design and effectiveness guidance.
2020 : 2021
Cardinal Health
Controls Compliance Council Leader, IT Risk and Compliance Management
Led two teams comprised of over fifteen individual contributors as well as a people leader that assessed risk for the property and casualty underwriting operations by confirming appropriate underwriting practices were followed within small market, middle market, commercial agribusiness, and farm book of business as part of the Commercial Lines Quality Assurance Program.
2018 : 2020
Nationwide
Commercial Underwriting QA Director
Led Third Party Risk Management, Procurement Data Analytics and Procurement Application Management teams comprised of over fifteen individual contributors and two people leaders to identify, mitigate, and monitor third party risk, perform procurement data analytics to provide insights to executive leadership, and optimize technology solutions to enable procurement business processes
2016 : 2018
Nationwide
Supplier Risk & Analytics Director
Led a team of ~30 associates that managed IT and Integrated audits as well as advisory services on large transformational programs. Developed and implemented a strategy and framework to provide proactive assurance on large transformational programs.
2013 : 2016
Nationwide
Internal Audit Director
2021 : Present
Cardinal Health
Manager, Information Security and Risk
Established strategy and direction for CCC program to enhance security awareness and drive risk mitigation, which resulted in reducing SOX compliance failure rate by 3%. Served as a liaison between Internal Audit, External Audit and control owners to drive IT control environment improvements. Developed training materials and hosted10+ training sessions for the IT organization to provide control design and effectiveness guidance.
2020 : 2021
Cardinal Health
Controls Compliance Council Leader, IT Risk and Compliance Management
Led two teams comprised of over fifteen individual contributors as well as a people leader that assessed risk for the property and casualty underwriting operations by confirming appropriate underwriting practices were followed within small market, middle market, commercial agribusiness, and farm book of business as part of the Commercial Lines Quality Assurance Program.
2018 : 2020
Nationwide
Commercial Underwriting QA Director
Led Third Party Risk Management, Procurement Data Analytics and Procurement Application Management teams comprised of over fifteen individual contributors and two people leaders to identify, mitigate, and monitor third party risk, perform procurement data analytics to provide insights to executive leadership, and optimize technology solutions to enable procurement business processes
2016 : 2018
Nationwide
Supplier Risk & Analytics Director
Led a team of ~30 associates that managed IT and Integrated audits as well as advisory services on large transformational programs. Developed and implemented a strategy and framework to provide proactive assurance on large transformational programs.
2013 : 2016
Nationwide
Internal Audit Director
Company:
Cardinal Health
Spoken Language:
Gujarati, Hindi
About
Enthusiastic people leader and IT Risk Management professional with over 15 years of experience across all three lines of defense functions including External Audit, Internal Audit, Procurement, Quality Assurance, and Information Security. Dedicated to improving organization’s risk profile through building risk management best practices and successful teams. Experienced in developing, leading, and managing online and classroom training programs to educate employees on policies, procedures, risks and controls, and information security best practices to support risk mitigation. Proficient in communication strategies to attract and retain diverse talent.
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