Kandarp Patel
Palatine,IL
Summary
Cybersecurity and GRC professional with 5+ years in compliance, risk management, and cloud security across enterprise and federal environments. Experienced with NIST 800-53, FISMA, POA&M management, audit readiness, and emerging AI governance practices. Known for turning complex security requirements into practical, scalable controls.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
4
4
Certification
Work History
Security Delivery Specialist
Accenture
05.2025 - Current
- Performed comprehensive application security assessments using SAST, DAST, WEBPT, and OWASP-aligned scanning methodologies to identify vulnerabilities across 74 internal enterprise applications.
- Assessed and triaged CVE findings, aligning results with enterprise security standards and regulatory frameworks to determine true risk exposure and prioritize remediation.
- Authored clear, actionable risk and remediation statements for validated vulnerabilities, supporting developer understanding and enabling leadership reporting for compliance and audit functions.
- Managed recurring application scans, tracked remediation timelines, resolved false positives, and enforced adherence to security policies across multiple business units.
Security Delivery Specialist
Accenture Federal Services
01.2024 - 05.2025
- Led security authorization and compliance activities aligned with NIST 800‐53, FISMA, and federal audit requirements for about
~6-7 control groups and about 100+ total controls - Partnered with IAM, Vulnerability Management, and Security Operations teams to remediate findings and support Ongoing
Security Assessments, SOC 1, and KPMG audit efforts. - Developed and maintained security documentation, including System Security Plans (SSPs), Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs),
Disaster Recovery Plans (DRPs), and Contingency Plans for 2 tenant systems and 1 general system. - Maintained Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) and ensured timely risk remediation.
Consultant - Cloud Practice (Various Projects)
Accenture
04.2019 - 01.2024
- Supported client onboarding for the Accenture Insights Platform (GCP), ensuring secure, scalable cloud environments.
- Managed GCP licensing, Azure DevOps project setups, and environment provisioning (big data, discovery).
- Designed solution architectures aligned with client use cases and enforced platform governance standards.
- Led client enablement sessions, prioritized platform demands, and optimized onboarding timelines.
- Developed process improvement documentation and conducted onboarding training for new hires.
Education
Bachelors of Science - Management Information Systems and Finance
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL05-2018
Skills
- NIST 800-53 compliance
- Expertise in NIST CSF implementation
- Experience with ISO 27001 and 27017 compliance
- CIS framework implementation
- Zero-Trust Principles
- Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Standards
- Experience with static code analysis tools
- Dynamic application security testing
- Experience with WebPT
- Understanding of OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
- Vulnerability assessment
- Risk management assessments
- IAM
- Vulnerability Management
- Cloud Security (GCP/AWS/Azure)
- AI/Model Risk Considerations
- Governance Frameworks
- SQL
- Python
- Application security testing
- Vulnerability assessment
- Cloud security implementation
- Security policy development
- Disaster recovery planning
- Risk assessment methodologies
Certification
- Google Generative AI Leader, 2026
- Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer, 2024
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, 2023
- Introduction to Python (Coursera), 2023
- Data Driven Consulting (Accenture Internal)
- Reinvention Agentic AI, 2026
Timeline
Security Delivery Specialist
Accenture
05.2025 - Current
Security Delivery Specialist
Accenture Federal Services
01.2024 - 05.2025
Consultant - Cloud Practice (Various Projects)
Accenture
04.2019 - 01.2024
Bachelors of Science - Management Information Systems and Finance
University of Illinois Chicago