Bandana G.

Bandana G. has extensive work experience in the field of information security. Currently, they hold the position of Information Security Manager at Flourish. Prior to this, they worked as a Director / Principal Information Security Consultant at an undisclosed company for a period of ten years. Bandana also worked as a Senior Information Security Consultant (Associate) at Pondergrove Ltd from 2016 to 2021.

Before joining Pondergrove Ltd, Bandana held various roles at Sungard Availability Services UK, including Senior Information Security Manager EMEA & APAC and Information Security Consultant. Bandana also worked as an Information Security Project Delivery Manager at BBC, an Information Security Consultant at British Gas, and a Security Project Manager at 7Elements Ltd.

In addition, Bandana has experience in the Travel industry and worked as a Travel consultant for a brief period. Bandana has also worked as an Information Security Specialist at Punter Southall Group and as a BPOS Project Support (Contract) at Tabcorp.

Overall, Bandana G. has gained a wealth of knowledge and expertise in information security through their diverse work experience in various roles and organizations.

Bandana G. earned a BSc (Hons) degree in Computer Science with AI from Royal Holloway, University of London, completing the program between 1999 and 2002. Bandana then pursued further education at the same institution and obtained an MSc degree in Information Security from 2002 to 2004. In addition to their academic qualifications, Bandana G. has also attained multiple certifications in various fields, including COBIT v4.1 from ISACA, Certificate in Data Protection from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) from EC-Council, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) from (ISC)2, ISO27001 Certified ISMS Lead Auditor (CIS LA) from IBITGQ, ISO27001 Certified ISMS Lead Implementer (CIS LI) from IBITGQ, PCI DSS Implementer (PCI IM) from IBITGQ, and PRINCE2 Practitioner from APMG-International.