I'm Vishal Bhatt — Senior Manager, Technology & Security Operations at PwC, with 19 years in IT security — from systems administration and desktop engineering to identity management, and now leading GRC and audit-focused security operations across the PwC network.
Access that's provable — not just designed, but demonstrable under audit, and increasingly, automated at scale.
From on-prem Active Directory to cloud-native IGA — I've governed access through every architecture shift the last two decades produced.
I lead the IAM–GRC pillar at PwC, directly managing a team of 6–8 and working across 50+ senior stakeholders — service leaders, Senior Managers, and program managers — through audit and compliance. Beyond my direct team, I also drive outcomes across 30+ cross-functional team members, influence without formal authority, exercised daily. My path ran from systems administration and Apple Retail IS&T support, through IAM analyst roles, into PwC UK and then PwC Canada, and now covering across the PwC network globally — 100+ member firms — where I've spent 10+ years rising from Senior Associate to Senior Manager.
My work sits at the intersection most security programs get wrong: identity governance that can survive an audit, not just a diagram. Access certifications, privileged account controls, attestations, and the evidence trail that proves a control actually operated — not just that it existed on paper.
Over the last year, I've extended that focus into AI-driven automation — leading GenAI/LLM and RPA initiatives, building agentic AI systems, and owning the ROI case for AI adoption within the team, to automate internal audit and GRC workflows that once relied entirely on manual review.
MSc, Networking & Computer Systems Security
University of Greenwich · 2009–2010
BEng (Hons), Computer Technology
University of East London · 2006–2009
Graduate Diploma, IT & Management
College of Informatics & Applied Technologies · 2005–2006
Diploma, Computer Technology
Bharati Vidyapeeth · 2002–2005
Each role expanded scope — from supporting individual endpoints to governing identity programs enterprise-wide.
Active, currently-held certifications across security, identity, and governance.
Early infrastructure and networking credentials — lapsed, shown for career-trajectory context only.
Notes on identity, security, and GRC — spanning IAM, vulnerability management, data privacy, and AI-driven automation — cross-posted from video and long-form.
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Open to conversations on IAM/GRC leadership roles, business development and partnership opportunities, or speaking engagements — particularly across the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and open to opportunities across the Americas and UK.