I’m Azharuddin Mohd — a security, privacy, compliance, and risk professional helping businesses strengthen governance, clear audits, reduce security exposure, and build scalable trust programs. My work spans end-to-end compliance execution, internal and external audits, AWS security, source code review, software composition analysis, third-party risk, due diligence, and virtual CISO advisory.
I support startups, scaling SaaS companies, fintechs, healthcare platforms, and enterprise vendors with practical security leadership that balances governance, audit readiness, engineering realities, and business growth.
I lead full compliance programs for ISO standards, SOC 2 Type II, PCI DSS, GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, ADHICS, privacy frameworks, and client-specific controls. This includes gap assessments, policy architecture, control implementation support, evidence planning, and audit coordination.
My work covers AWS security assessments, hardening validation, access control reviews, secure SDLC advisory, source code review coordination, software composition analysis, vulnerability assessment follow-ups, and risk treatment planning for real-world environments.
I help organisations build mature security governance from the ground up — from policies and risk registers to vendor management, leadership reporting, incident preparedness, client assurance responses, and long-term trust strategy through vCISO-style engagement.
I conduct internal and external vendor risk assessments, answer detailed client questionnaires, lead onboarding audits, and support procurement and legal teams with security clarifications that help close deals faster without weakening control posture.
I work across privacy reviews, data protection impact considerations, policy drafting, regulatory alignment, third-party data handling reviews, retention controls, cross-border data concerns, and auditable privacy governance for product and operations teams.
Through my own startup, Cyberaon Technologies, I focus on vCISO-as-a-Service, helping growing companies build credible security and compliance foundations, prepare for enterprise due diligence, and establish trust early in their growth journey.
These showcase the type of work I typically lead across client environments, compliance transformations, and enterprise assurance initiatives.
Built end-to-end control programs covering ISO 27001, 9001, 22301, 27701, and 42001 with policy sets, evidence mapping, internal audit support, and external audit coordination.
Supported readiness, remediation, control testing alignment, stakeholder coordination, and client-facing assurance responses for organisations handling regulated workloads and enterprise customer requirements.
Led cloud security reviews focused on IAM, logging, hardening, infrastructure exposure, backup controls, resilience, and risk treatment recommendations for production SaaS environments.
Coordinated and interpreted secure code review findings, open source component risks, dependency issues, and remediation priorities to improve release confidence and audit defensibility.
Handled security due diligence for customer onboarding by preparing audit-ready responses, reviewing evidence, addressing observations, and supporting sales, procurement, and infosec stakeholders.
Supported practical alignment against GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and related privacy expectations through control mapping, data governance, access reviews, and documented operational safeguards.
A progression from operations leadership into security, privacy, GRC, and strategic advisory — with hands-on ownership across audits, risk, compliance execution, and client assurance.
My strength sits at the intersection of audit depth, technical understanding, and business-facing communication — helping organisations become both compliant and credible.
Built for policy, process, and executive clarity.
Focused on evidence, defensibility, and delivery under scrutiny.
Cloud, AppSec, risk, and security review aligned to reality.
Supports onboarding, trust, and faster client assurance.
For consulting, vCISO support, audit readiness, vendor assessments, security reviews, or enterprise onboarding support, reach out directly by email.
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