ADARIAN HENDERSON
Virginia Beach,VA
Summary
Technology governance professional specializing in third-party risk management and audit readiness. Conducted over 60 information security risk assessments, enhancing control effectiveness and regulatory compliance. Developed governance procedures to standardize controls and improve audit defensibility across financial services.
Overview
1
1
Certification
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Technology Governance Specialist
TowneBank
Suffolk, VA
2024.05 - Current
- Conducted Due Diligence Reviews and Information Security Risk Assessments for over 100 third-party vendors, evaluating control effectiveness and documenting risk exposure.
- Executed monthly governance reviews for 50-100+ Active Directory accounts, validating provisioning and investigating exceptions.
- Developed, maintained, and peer-reviewed governance procedures to standardize controls and improve audit defensibility.
- Led ISRA modernization and ServiceNow Audit Workspace migration projects, reducing manual governance activities by approximately 40% through workflow automation and improved lifecycle governance controls.
- Supported FDIC and state IT examination activities by managing documentation requests and organizing evidence repositories for examiner review.
Information Security / Cyber Risk Analyst Intern
TowneBank
Suffolk, VA
2023.05 - 2024.05
- Partnered with Information Security to evaluate risks across network and endpoint environments, facilitating effective mitigation planning.
- Executed Due Diligence Reviews (DDRs) and Information Security Risk Assessments (ISRAs) for third-party vendors to enhance enterprise vendor risk management and strengthen control assessments.
- Researched emerging cyber threats, industry practices, and control considerations to inform risk analysis and control improvement efforts.
- Assisted in audit preparation through evidence collection and documentation review, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Cybersecurity, Risk Management & Insurance
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA2024-01
Skills
- Governance management
- Risk reporting
- Vendor risk management
- Audit readiness
- Procedure documentation
- NIST expertise
- ISO 27001 compliance
- SOC 2 compliance
- SOX adherence
- PCI DSS compliance
- FFIEC guidelines
- HIPAA expertise
- ITGC controls
- ServiceNow proficiency
- ServiceNow audit experience
Certification
- COBIT Foundation
- ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA), In Progress, 2026
- Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), In Progress, 2026
Timeline
Technology Governance Specialist
TowneBank
2024.05 - Current
Information Security / Cyber Risk Analyst Intern
TowneBank
2023.05 - 2024.05
Bachelor of Science - Cybersecurity, Risk Management & Insurance
Old Dominion University