Summary
David Silva is a Senior Information Security GRC professional with 12 years of experience blending IT risk, audit and governance across banking and corporate environments. He holds an MEng from Instituto Superior Técnico and has applied COBIT 5 in public and financial institutions, including work for Portugal's Ministry of Finance and Banco BIG. At EY he focused on IT General Controls and data quality for banks, later moving into cybersecurity risk and senior IT audit roles at NOS and Visteon. His background as a scientific researcher and an author of a conference paper on enterprise IT governance shows a strong mix of academic rigor and practical implementation. He is particularly skilled at translating regulatory requirements into auditable control frameworks and pragmatic remediation plans. Based in Lisbon, he brings proven cross-border experience (Portugal and Angola) in data risk and governance projects that improve control assurance for regulated entities.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng Information Systems and Computer Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng Information Systems and Computer Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico