编者按: The ISACA现在 blog is featuring a series this year profiling ISACA professionals who are in pursuit of 数字的信任. Today, we profile Varun普拉萨德, Senior Manager, Third Party Attestation, BDO USA LLP. For more 数字的信任 member stories and resources from ISACA, visit dzqld5.gnweixiu.com/digital-trust.
Varun普拉萨德’s sports passions have mirrored his professional and life journeys.
他在印度长大，喜欢板球. He came to the United States for the first time as a student and has returned for multiple professional opportunities, including his current stint living and working in San Francisco, where he closely follows the National Football League (NFL). And Prasad developed an appreciation for the other futbol—or soccer—when he lived and worked in Brazil.
Just as Prasad’s sports fandom has been enriched by his mobile lifestyle, 他的职业生涯也是如此.
“我会说是的，”普拉萨德说. “I’ve always found it easy to integrate into whatever country I’ve been in. Work cultures are different—some places are laid-back; some places are more formal with everything, from how you meet and interact with your coworkers to the way you write your emails. Because I’ve worked in multiple countries and experienced that at a very early part of my career, this has allowed me to connect faster with different people that I meet.”
在他目前的第三方认证角色中, Prasad works with tech companies of varying sizes and complexities, from rising startups to large multinational corporations, 帮助建立 数字的信任 by addressing the security and privacy compliance requirements of customers and other stakeholders.
普拉萨德说，他是“偶然”陷入IT审计的,” having completed his university studies just as the US Sarbanex-Oxley Act (SOX) created a major need for IT auditors, a field he knew little about until an internship introduced him to the profession.
“我想进入科技领域, but I didn’t want to do the mundane coding or cliched system architect or ops kind of a roles,普拉萨德说. “I found IT audit very appealing and intriguing because it required me to be both be creative and outside the box, 也要有逻辑思维. 我一直很好奇. I ask a lot of questions when I speak with my friends. 有时他们甚至说, “这家伙问了很多问题,’ so it sort of matched some of my natural traits and allowed me to do something within the technology space that was new and very interesting.”
Prasad’s interest in the field has not wavered since, especially considering the impact of emerging technology and related risks and controls that have kept his work dynamic. 展望未来, Prasad wants to continue to sharpen his knowledge of various cloud technologies and learn more about privacy.
“How do privacy considerations and requirements sit on top of cloud implementations?普拉萨德说. “This is one area I’d like to specialize more in and get a deeper understanding of, 因为这就是世界的发展方向. I need to keep myself updated to really survive in this jungle.”
No matter which continent Prasad’s professional career has taken him to, ISACA has been a constant. 在印度的时候, Prasad was an active member of the ISACA Bangalore Chapter, and he has remained connected to ISACA since then, including volunteering with the CISM Working Group.
“ISACA is where I’ve found guidance, mentorship, any sort of help and support,” Prasad. “这就是激励我回馈社会的原因, because I know there are a lot of folks coming out of college or in the first couple years of their career wanting to do well in the fields of controls, 风险管理和合规, 但没有正确的指导.”
Prasad’s challenges in Brazil varied from working with the Portuguese version of Microsoft Word to trying to track down vegetarian food in a country known for eating lots of meat. His time in South America served as another real-time life lesson in understanding social customs and business norms, helping to shape his perspectives for years to come.
Prasad believes it is important to understand people’s stories and viewpoints in order to better collaborate on a professional level. For him, there has been no better icebreaker than sports or travel in getting to know others. 尽管他工作很忙, 普拉萨德继续抽出时间享受体育运动, and what better event for a globally savvy sports enthusiast to enjoy than the Olympics? He hopes attending an Olympics is in his future.
“My bucket list in sports is to go to the Olympic games, 因为我认为在一天结束的时候, the Olympics are considered to be the mecca where the entire sporting world comes together,普拉萨德说.
