Discovery and Requirements Gathering:

• Security Posture Assessment: Evaluated current cloud configurations, IAM policies, and encryption standards.

• Data Inventory and Classification: Identified critical and sensitive data assets across cloud platforms.

• Compliance Gap Analysis: Compared existing controls against SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA requirements.

• Stakeholder Workshops: Engaged security, legal, and engineering teams to align on policies and objectives.

Solution Design and Implementation:

Centralized Data Governance:

• Established unified data access policies using AWS Lake Formation and Google Data Catalog.

• Created data classification tags for PII, financial, and operational datasets.

Access Management & Policy Enforcement:

• Designed fine-grained role-based access control (RBAC) with automated policy enforcement.

• Integrated single sign-on (SSO) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) using Okta and Azure AD.

Auditability and Monitoring:

• Enabled centralized logging of data access using AWS CloudTrail, GCP Audit Logs, and SIEM tools.

• Deployed GuardDuty and Security Command Center for threat detection and alerting.

Data Encryption and Key Management:

• Enforced end-to-end encryption using customer-managed keys (CMKs) and KMS across all environments.

• Integrated Vault for secret rotation, storage, and access control.

Compliance Automation:

• Implemented automated compliance scanning with tools like Prisma Cloud and Evident.io.

• Created dashboards and reports for SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA audit readiness.

Process Optimization and Change Management:

• Policy-as-Code: Applied OPA/Gatekeeper to enforce security and governance controls in CI/CD workflows.

• Data Access Workflows: Built automated approval workflows for accessing sensitive datasets.

• Training and Awareness: Delivered targeted training sessions on data handling, privacy, and security policies.

• Incident Response Readiness: Developed breach response playbooks and ran tabletop exercises.