Security work that goes beyond finding issues and into validation, hardening, and delivery.

The SWIFT Customer Security Programme (CSP) was established to drive cybersecurity alignment and fraud prevention across the global SWIFT financial network. At the core of this initiative is the Customer Security Controls Framework (CSCF), which demands that participating organizations perform an annual independent assessment of their security controls.

A CSCF assessment evaluates both mandatory and advisory controls across key objectives: securing the local infrastructure, preventing and detecting fraud, and responding to incidents. This involves reviewing logical and physical access control boundaries, validating segregation, hardening critical databases and operating systems, and ensuring endpoint monitoring integrity.

I have guided over 20+ financial institutions through complex SWIFT audits and secure zone setups. This includes isolating message-handling systems (e.g., SWIFT Alliance Access, Alliance Gateway, SWIFT Web Platform) from general corporate networks to prevent threat propagation.

My engagements have spanned leading banks across India and Bhutan, including:

• Indian Financial Institutions: Successfully managed control implementation and verification for marquee banks including Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Tamilnad Mercantile Bank, and City Union Bank.
• Bhutan Banking Infrastructure: Led security assessments and secure zone design for major Bhutanese commercial banks and the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan (RMA), the central bank of Bhutan, securing a 5-star client satisfaction rating.

* Collaborated closely with internal stakeholders and external assessment groups (KPMG, Deloitte, McKinsey) to achieve 100% compliance attestations with zero critical findings.