Owais Ahmed
Senior IT Risk SME at ABN AMRO Clearing Bank
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolOwais Ahmed is a Senior IT Risk SME and information security leader with over 15 years’ experience building and operationalizing IT GRC, cybersecurity and risk programs across global banks and consultancies. He combines board-level governance and regulatory expertise (DORA, GDPR, SOx, DNB) with hands-on control design, audit remediation and cloud/identity security work, having led security functions at major banks and delivered advisory services at KPMG. Known for translating executive strategy into pragmatic controls, he has a track record of tightening third‑party risk, automating access provisioning and cutting vendor costs through tough contract negotiations. His dual MSc background in cyber/IT security and extensive certifications (CISA, CISM, CRISC, CCSK, CGEIT, CDPSE) enable him to straddle technical detail and strategic oversight. Based in Amsterdam, he also brings uncommon experience running security across multi-country EMEA operations and serving as Data Protection Officer for international firms.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at CourseraEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems at openSAPMaster of Science (M.Sc.) Cyber Security, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Cyber Security at Delft University of TechnologyIT Masters Short Courses Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, IT Masters Short Courses Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Charles Sturt UniversityTechnischen Universität DarmstadtSummer School Future Cloud and Big Data - EIT Digital, Summer School Future Cloud and Big Data - EIT Digital at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science (M.Sc.) Cyber Security, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Cyber Security at University of TwenteO Level & A Level Information Technology / Business Studies, O Level & A Level Information Technology / Business Studies at University of CambridgeBSc (HONS) Computer Science, BSc (HONS) Computer Science at University of the West of EnglandMSc - Information Security & Privacy Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, MSc - Information Security & Privacy Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at EIT Digital Alumni
English, Urdu, German, DutchGithub contributions (3)
santiag0aragon/a1
May 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:9 pushes in 1 day
santiag0aragon/ellastichoney_analysis
Sep 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:29 commits, 29 pushes in 1 month
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