Srinidhi Rao

Executive summary

Srinidhi is a Cyber Security Partner with BDO in Sydney. He has extensive consulting experience with key clients across several business sectors and geographies. Srinidhi takes an insightful, results-driven approach to his engagements, balancing security initiatives with risk, business operations, and innovation.

He is passionate about winning his clients’ trust and building strong relationships through quality service.

Prior to joining BDO, Srinidhi spent 12 years working in advisory services (including in senior management positions) with international firms in Australia, the UK, and India.

Expertise

• Information security management systems (ISMS)
• Information security and ISMS audit and assurance
• Cyber security compliance
• Cyber security assessments and reviews
• Cyber security training
• Documenting and implementing security standards and controls

Experience

• Helped multiple financial institutions uplift their information security to comply with APRA CPS 234 requirements
• Cyber security assessments for banking, financial services, and insurance organisations across multiple frameworks, including NIST, ISO 27001, ASD Essential 8, and CIS Top Controls
• Reviewed vendors’ IT infrastructure and security controls for a leading global investment company to identify information security vulnerabilities and provide a risk treatment plan to address them
• Developed and delivered client security awareness training on key control areas and conducted workshops to increase information security participation levels in the organisation
• Documenting and implementing ISO 27001:2013 standard and ISO 22301:2012 controls for multiple clients across various sectors.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Master of Cyber Law and Information Security
• Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science)
• ISO 27001:2011 Lead Auditor
• ISO 22301:2012 Lead Auditor
• ISO 20000:2013 Lead Auditor
• ITIL v3 Foundation certified
• Netskope Certified Cloud Associate