DUNNI OLAKANYE
Dallas,TX
Summary
A detail-oriented Information Technology Audit professional with over five (5) years of related experience in education. Comprehensive expertise with assessing Internal controls, IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance, IT General and Application Controls (ITGC), Information security principles and compliance, project planning, and project management. Skilled in leveraging technical knowledge to implement productivity tools and sophisticated business tools to foster productivity. Adept at working with cross-functional teams. Clear understanding of Risk management, Industry standards, and training in various Cybersecurity and audit tools, including Qualys, ServiceNow, and ACL. I am interested in taking on new challenges to foster career growth.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
IT Auditor
Lincoln Heritage Life Insurance Company
10.2022 - 12.2024
- Plan and execute IT and IT-related audits such as operational, financial, and compliance audits
- Examine IT controls, evaluate the design and operational effectiveness, determine exposure to risk, and recommend remediation strategies
- Plan, develop, execute, and test audit procedures
- Test and identify network and system vulnerabilities
- Review, evaluate, and test application controls
- Audit the change management process
- Conduct efficient and effective IT audit procedures
- Responsible for not only identifying control weaknesses during an IT audit but also explaining to leadership outside of IT the findings and remediation plans
- Record and report audit findings in written reports
- Review and analyze the organization's processes and operations to build knowledge of the organization, processes, and stakeholders
- Conduct follow up audits to monitor management's remedies
- Manage highly confidential information
IT Audit Consultant
Cyfendry Consulting, LLC
12.2020 - 10.2022
- Participates in risk-based audit assessments to assess the effectiveness of our key technology/security for critical systems and our business operations processes
- Performs field work walkthroughs, leads client engagements meetings and other relevant stakeholder to ensure that corporate audits are successful and efficient
- Prepares audit scopes, reported findings, and presents recommendations for improving data integrity and operations
- Reviews and evaluates the adequacy of internal controls, and compliance with IT security policies and procedures
- Assists IT management in identifying deficiencies between policy and processes, developing recommendations to remediate control weakness, and responsible for developing and maintaining IT control metrics related to compliance activities
- Collects data and performs trend analysis to preemptively address potential state and federal regulatory compliance deficiencies
IT Auditor
Diamond Logics, LLC
08.2018 - 11.2020
- Conducted audits on information technology (IT), operating system (OS) platforms, and operating procedures in accordance with established standards for efficiency, accuracy, security, and risk mitigation
- Assessed the various clients’ environments utilizing best practices and audit guidelines incompliance with NIST 800-53, COSO, and COBIT standards
- Champions projects to design, develop, review, and implement system security measures that provide confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, and non-repudiation
- Audits firewall configuration rules to ensure 'any' rules are not set for source and destination
- Examines and interviews firewall administrators to validate configuration change control procedures
- Documents results of compliance scans and updated corrective action plan
- Evaluated effectiveness and adequacy of information security controls
- Championed projects to design, develop, review, and implement system security measures that provide confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, and non-repudiation
Education
Bachelor Of Science - Psychology
Texas Women’s University
Skills
- Strong Communication Skills
- Compliance Frameworks
- ISO 27001
- ISO 27002
- Effective Report Writing Skills
- IT Risk Engagement
- IT Audit
- NIST 800-53
- Risk Management Framework
- Change Management
- Risk Mitigation
- Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Audit
- Collaborations
- Project Management Skills
- HIPAA
- Security Tools
- Cryptography
- Audit Board
- Network & Infrastructure
- Active Directory
- SQL
- Security Strategy
- Vulnerability Management
- Information Security Policy
- ServiceNow GRC
- Policy Compliance
- Advanced Policy Certification
Timeline
IT Auditor
Lincoln Heritage Life Insurance Company
10.2022 - 12.2024
IT Audit Consultant
Cyfendry Consulting, LLC
12.2020 - 10.2022
IT Auditor
Diamond Logics, LLC
08.2018 - 11.2020
Bachelor Of Science - Psychology
Texas Women’s University