Siad Velappan

Siad Velappan is an experienced Information Security Consultant currently employed at Westpac since May 2018, specializing in security risk management. Before this role, Siad served as a Principal Security Analyst for Oracle from September 2015 to March 2018, where responsibilities included ensuring compliance with IT security standards for one of the largest private cloud deployments in the Southern Hemisphere. Prior experience also includes working as an Information Security Analyst at the Royal Bank of Scotland Business, focusing on risk assessments and security best practices, and as an Information Security & Risk Consultant at Wipro Technologies, providing risk management services to a major player in the oil and gas industry. Siad's career began at IBM as an IT Security Analyst, where tasks involved analyzing and reporting on security vulnerabilities and performing system security assessments.