
Kristian Viktorov

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About me
Senior Manager | Cyber Security & Digital Identity
Education

National Trade and Banking Highshool, Bulgaria
2008 - 2013Customs and Tax administrationActivities and Societies: School Trade Fair of Training firms as a part of Training Custom "Omega" (2nd place for best firm overall in the event)

Aston Business School
2013 - 2017Bachelor of Science (BSc) Business Computing & ITActivities and Societies: Aston Bright Futures Society, Aston Fitness Society, Aston Automotive Society
Experience

PwC UK
Sept 2015 - Aug 2017I joined PwC as an undergraduate business placement student on the ‘Building Digital Trust’ scheme in September 2015. As such, I spent the majority of my time with the firm delivering on a wide range of Risk Assurance engagements, specialising within the fields of Cyber Security and Controls Assurance.Projects include:- A number of IT General Controls reviews for several large private sector entities. This included client site visits around the UK to perform the in scope testing.- An internal audit review of the design and operating effectiveness of a public sector client’s approach to achieving PCI DSS compliance, assessing its design and the effectiveness of key controls.- A Sarbanes-Oxley (SOx) ITGC review for a large pharmaceutical client.- A number of cyber security maturity gap assessments and internal audit reviews for a range of different clients both from the private and public sector.- A number of business development endeavors with PwC’s Cyber Security and SAP teams around creating efficiencies and building on the growing go-to market propositions. Show less
Ambassador
Oct 2016 - Aug 2017Associate Consultant - IT Risk & Assurance
Sept 2015 - Sept 2016

PwC
Sept 2017 - Jan 2022Leading delivery on projects and providing subject matter expertise in the following areas:- M&A and Investments Cyber Security & Business Continuity Due Diligence;- Third-Party Assurance;- Security Assurance and Gap Assessments (GDPR, NIST, ISO27001, PCI-DSS);- Programme Assurance, Maturity Assessment & Benchmarking;- Security Architecture;- SOC Effectiveness (GPG 13);- Identity and Access Management Operating Model Implementations.Also driving Business Development initiatives, including:- Client Relationship management;- Operations & Profitability;- Services & Solution proposition and proposal development. Show less
Cyber & Tech Risk Senior Consultant
Jul 2018 - Jan 2022IT Risk & Cyber Security Consultant
Sept 2017 - Jul 2018

PwC Bulgaria
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023Manager - Cyber Security & Digital Identity
Gilat Satellite Networks
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023Chief Information Security Officer
PwC
Jan 2023 - nowSenior Manager
Licenses & Certifications

ITIL Foundation in IT Service Management
BCS, The Chartered Institute for ITSept 2017
CyberArk Sentry - PAM
CyberArkMay 2021
CyberArk Defender - PAM
CyberArkMay 2021
Certificate in Information Security Management Principles
BCS, The Chartered Institute for ITNov 2015%C2%B2.webp)
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
(ISC)²Oct 2019
COBIT 5 Foundation
ISACASept 2017
Volunteer Experience
Woodland working party - Volunteer
Issued by The Woodland Trust on May 2016
Associated with Kristian Viktorov
Languages
- buBulgarian
- enEnglish
- spSpanish
- maMacedonian
- seSerbian
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