Today SideChannel welcomes Aaron Ansari to the team!
Aaron possesses extensive technical expertise in #cybersecurity, honed through years of experience in the financial services sector. His current role as a Principal Consultant (vCISO) for SideChannel involves providing strategic oversight and implementation of comprehensive cybersecurity strategies for various organizations. Aaron's technical acumen is rooted in his more than a decade-long tenure as a security professional, particularly in the financial services industry.
During his time at BMW Financial Services, he held the position of Chief Security Architect, where he was responsible for the formulation and implementation of information security (IS) application security policies, standards, and guidelines. His duties included managing application compliance within the BMW group, and he also acted as a subject matter expert, ensuring that key vendors and partners adhered to BMW's stringent security practices.
Prior to BMW, Aaron further developed his application security (AppSec) expertise through various roles at JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMC), Cardinal Health, and Huntington Banks. At JPMC, he spearheaded the application security management for several security groups, covering areas like customer deposits platform, business continuity and disaster recovery (BC&DR) planning, and risk management for applications, including some aspects of internal auditing. At Cardinal Health, he was instrumental in the global installation and management of intrusion detection systems and conducted Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) audits.
