Khalid Hasan
Vienna
Summary
Risk management and cyber assurance professional with over 15 years of experience driving strategic initiatives in internal controls and cybersecurity. Proven success in leading diverse, cross-functional teams to enhance audit processes and compliance across federal financial regulators. Expertise in utilizing innovative technology solutions to improve operational efficiency.
Overview
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Certification
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Inspector General for IT and Data Analytics
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Washington
02.2023 - Current
- As the AIG, I am responsible for establishing the OIG’s strategic direction and leading the implementation of its vision for conducting IT, internal controls, and cybersecurity and privacy assurance engagements for the Board, the Federal Reserve System (FRS), and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
- I lead a highly collaborative team of data scientists, cybersecurity and risk management professionals, accountants, and IT auditors in developing and implementing a risk-based audit plan to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of IT and cybersecurity programs and internal controls.
- Oversaw effectiveness of information security programs for Board, FRS, and CFPB, ensuring Board maintained effective cyber hygiene of supervised financial institutions.
- Delivered technology enablement efforts office-wide, utilizing artificial intelligence and retrieval augmented generation models to enhance consistency and automation in audit scoping, fieldwork, and reporting processes.
- Coordinated with senior leaders across the organization and external federal financial regulators on joint projects impacting the broader financial sector.
- Briefing, on a routine basis, the Board of Governors and executive leadership at the FRS and the CFPB on control gaps and emerging risks.
- Established proactive project management approach with clear roles, responsibilities, milestones, and status tracking to ensure timely completion of deliverables and effective communication of portfolio and project-level risks.
- Office of Inspector General
Senior Audit Manager for IT And Data Analytics
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Washington
07.2015 - 02.2023
- Led a portfolio of audits and evaluations of the IT programs and activities of the Board, the FRS, and the CFPB.
- Coached and mentored four audit managers on cybersecurity and privacy controls, systems development, cloud migration, internal controls, and capital planning, enhancing their project management skills.
- Led OIG’s annual IT audit planning and risk assessment process, aligning oversight efforts with strategic goals and enterprise risks to strengthen organizational compliance.
- Oversaw IT audit and innovation lab, supporting OIG’s technical testing and vulnerability scanning program and technology enablement initiatives to improve operations and promote data literacy.
- Prepared senior executives for Congressional briefings and meetings with federal financial regulators.
- Office of Inspector General
IT Audit Manager
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Washington
07.2012 - 07.2015
- Managed the day-to-day operations of cybersecurity and privacy audits and evaluations.
- Designed audit objectives, scope, and methodology to maintain consistency in meeting quality objectives.
- Developed standard operating procedures to ensure that standards for sufficiency of evidence and workpaper quality were met for cybersecurity and privacy engagements.
- Provided intelligence to Senior Audit Manager to identify trends in control implementation gaps, signaling potential systemic concerns.
- Led development of publicly issued audit reports that communicated cybersecurity and privacy findings and recommendations clearly for non-technical audiences.
- Implemented recommendation follow-up process to ensure timely completion of corrective actions addressing audit findings.
- Office of Inspector General
Senior IT Auditor
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Washington
11.2010 - 07.2012
- Coached and mentored junior staff, enabling timely and budget-compliant completion of cybersecurity and privacy audits and internal controls evaluations.
- Conducted significant portions of audit and evaluation fieldwork, including testing of cybersecurity, privacy, and internal controls.
- Reviewed junior auditors’ work papers, providing feedback and supervision to enhance audit quality and development.
- Working with junior auditors to develop, verify, and present notifications of findings and recommendations to management.
- Leading the drafting of high-quality reports that included findings and recommendations for corrective action.
- Office of Inspector General
IT Audit Manager, Senior IT Auditor, Junior IT Auditor
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Washington
07.2001 - 11.2010
- Prior to moving to the Board OIG, I held a variety of roles with progressive responsibilities at the GSA-OIG, where I ultimately managed a diverse group of management analysts, auditors, and IT specialists that conducted audits of complex GSA computer systems and a broad range of IT programs.
- Prepared audit reports on time, presenting complex issues and risks impacting governmentwide systems logically and persuasively.
- Reviewing audit work papers and ensuring that identified control gaps and weaknesses were supported by sufficient and appropriate evidence, in accordance with government auditing standards.
- Coordinated governmentwide reviews, including those by the Government Accountability Office, to streamline inquiries, requests, and reporting requirements across work streams.
- Established audit and evaluation follow-up processes to ensure management’s remediation efforts effectively addressed findings and root causes of deficiencies.
- Office of Inspector General
Education
Master of Business Administration -
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business
College Park, MD01-2008
Master of Science - Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
George Washington University
Washington, DC01-2007
Bachelor of Science - Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA01-2001
Skills
- Regulatory expertise
- Technical proficiency
- Analytical thinking
- Decision-making analysis
- Project leadership
- Effective communication
Certification
- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), 2012
- Project Management Professional (PMP), 2014
Additional Information
Active Top Secret-Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS-SCI) security clearance., Co-Chair of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiencies (CIGIE) IT Audit Subcommittee, a group which includes representation from all federal financial regulators., Recipient of the CIGIE’s Award for Individual Accomplishment in 2016 for coordinating with federal stakeholders on the development of cybersecurity metrics used by Inspectors General government wide., Recipient of the Board’s Special Achievement Award in 2016 for extraordinary results and demonstrated leadership in overseeing audits that improved the agency’s information security program.
Timeline
Assistant Inspector General for IT and Data Analytics
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
02.2023 - Current
Senior Audit Manager for IT And Data Analytics
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
07.2015 - 02.2023
IT Audit Manager
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
07.2012 - 07.2015
Senior IT Auditor
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
11.2010 - 07.2012
IT Audit Manager, Senior IT Auditor, Junior IT Auditor
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
07.2001 - 11.2010
Master of Business Administration -
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business
Master of Science - Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
George Washington University
Bachelor of Science - Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems
George Mason University