Joyce Tiwari Information Security Manager at Tarabut Gateway
J
oyce Tiwari spent ten years as a senior
chance and used my wardrobe doors as a whiteboard
infrastructure engineer with NHS
to make notes if I wanted to read further about a
Professionals, a UK Government-owned
topic etc.”
company that provides staff to the UK’s National Health Service. In that role
BECOMING ISO27001 CERTIFIED
she encountered the security challenges of cloud
With the CISM certification under her belt Tiwari went
computing services, which led to a change of career
on to gain the International Board for IT Governance
path into cybersecurity.
Qualifications’ (IBITGQ) ISO27001 Certified ISMS Lead Implementer (CIS LI) qualification, which required a
“Cloud was easy. You could get an environment set up
different approach. “My ISO27001 exam preparation
in minutes, but what we were missing were the right
was different. There were no audio books. I decided to
levels of access control, port misconfigurations etc,”
record my own notes, so I could listen to them on my
she explains. “As I started cleaning up environments,
walks around the garden.”
setting up security groups, assigning roles etc, my interest in security grew.”
Having gained cybersecurity qualifications Tiwari took on a security architect role at NHS Professionals
So she decided to study for ISACA’s Certified
before moving to her current role of information
Information Security Manager (CISM) qualification.
security manager at Dubai headquartered Tarabut
The first COVID lockdown provided the opportunity
Gateway. She is based in Watford UK, just north
and a copy of the CISM guide by Peter H Gregory
of London.
and the audio book by Phil Martin provided the means.
The company claims to be the largest open banking platform in the Middle East and North America.
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“I love reading and listening to books. That’s usually
It provides a set of open APIs that, “allows money
the best way for me to gauge if I like a given subject,”
and information to flow securely, instantly, and at a
she says. “I listened to the book whenever I got a
low cost.”
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