EQS 6: Feb 2025 PDM – Beyond Continuity: Mastering the Art of Resilience.

Welcome to our Enlightening quarterly series (EQS) #6. This quarter’s theme is “Beyond Continuity: Mastering the Art of Resilience.”

The Enlightening Quarterly Series (EQS) on Enterprise Resilience equips organizations to anticipate, adapt, and thrive amidst disruptions. Integrating global standards like ISO 22301 (Business Continuity Management), ISO 22316 (Organizational Resilience), ISO 22320 (Emergency Management), ISO 22361 (Crisis Management Guidelines), and ISO 22398 (Guidelines for Exercises) with regulatory frameworks such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act), SAMA (Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority), and APRA (Australian Prudential Regulation Authority), this series provides practical strategies to strengthen resilience.

Program Details

Date: Saturday February 08 2025
Mode: Virtual.
CPE 2:00 Hours

Agenda

17:00 - 17:15: Virtual Networking 
17:15 - 17:18: Welcome by ISACA Chennai Chapter Director Programs
17:20 – 17:30: Chapter Updates & Speaker Introduction
17:30 - 18:50: Governance and Crisis Management, Parthasarathy Y, Senior Auditor & Trainer, DNV: QnA

Description: Establishing Resilience Foundations
The first session introduces ISO 22301, ISO 22316, and ISO 22320, focusing on continuity, resilience, and emergency management frameworks to prepare for diverse disruptions. Regulatory insights from the EU CRA, DORA, SAMA, and APRA highlight operational resilience and cybersecurity requirements. Real-world case studies provide context for building organizational resilience against natural disasters, operational disruptions, and technological failures.

Month 2: This session focuses on governance and crisis management strategies, emphasizing ISO 22361 for effective decision-making, communication, and coordination during crises. Practical insights align with regulatory frameworks like the EU CRA, DORA, SAMA, and APRA, addressing challenges such as cyberattacks, supply chain disruptions, and reputational risks. Participants will explore building governance structures that support organizational resilience while meeting compliance requirements.

Speaker Details:

Currently, workings as “Senior Auditor and Trainer” for DNV Business Assurance India Pvt Ltd.,
based out of Chennai.

• Overall, 3.5 decades+ experience as risk professional with exposure in various business domains andprocesses including security, continuity, quality and service management.
• Led Security / Continuity / Quality / Service Management and certification and assessment initiatives for global IT majors.
• Handled security vulnerability assessment projects as Program Manager; having basic knowledge of using  some open source security testing tools.
• Heading the GRC practice and Internal Audit of Global Business Resilience function of Cognizant.
• Have hands on exposure in supporting Internal Controls Assessments w.r.t HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOX, SAS 70, SOC, NIST, HiTrust, GDPR, etc.
• Good Functional domain experience and expertise in HR, Admin, CRM, SCM, Finance & Accounts.
• Good understanding about business strategies, processes and integration of IT; Risk assessments using SWOT, PEST, FMEA etc., from business perspective.
• Was an accredited trainer of BCI, UK of CBCI and ISMS LA for PECB. Trained more than 1500+ personnel on various Information Security, Business Continuity, Service Management, Risk & Compliance, etc.,
• Good knowledge in understanding and conceptual design of business applications meeting the real-time organizational demands in terms for transformation and performance point of view.