Afzal Khan, Director of Corporate Security, Everest Global Services
Afzal Khan’s credentials include experience in IT security, risk management, business continuity/recovery, policy and procedure development, project management, consulting and systems audits in the areas of IT security & operations, systems development, change management, contingency planning, internal controls re-engineering, process improvement, auditing within environments supported by distributed, midrange and mainframe architectures. Industry exposure has included banking, capital markets, insurance and governmental entities. As the Director of Corporate Security at Everest, Mr. Khan’s responsibilities include managing security administration of various applications and platforms, developing and maintaining policies and procedures, monitoring security events, ensuring regulatory compliance for security and controls, and working closely with BCP/DR team for effective risk management. He also leads corporate wide security initiatives e.g. centralizing security functions, deploying new/advanced security measures, streamlining and strengthening overall risk management and security activities. Prior to Everest, Mr. Khan was with Alliance Capital, and was responsible for managing development and maintenance of policies and procedures, risk assessments of systems and applications, security patch management, researching security threats and vulnerabilities, monitoring security activities, and strengthening the role of security throughout the company. He also led security reviews, coordinated and prepared security briefings and reports for executive management and the board of directors, liaised audit activities, and actively participated in BCP/DR activities.