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Alkesh Patel

Principal consultant of security and privacy services at IBM SA.

Alkesh Patel is principal consultant of security and privacy services at IBM SA. He is a principal consultant in IBM Global Services, SA, specialising in security, privacy and risk management, and has been with IBM since 1995. Patel leads IBM’s security and privacy consulting services in SA. He has 15 years' IT experience, the last four of which have been in security and risk management. His career with IBM began in a technical support position and he has since progressed through various positions in marketing, project management, services management and now consulting. Through this he has gained experience in consulting, services management, project management and quality assurance, product marketing, systems solution design and implementation, and technical hardware and software support. Patel is an IBM certified professional. He received his certification in the security and privacy consulting competency segment in June 2005. His qualifications are Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Engineering in 1992 and Master of Business Administration in 1999. He has completed the IBM Security Consulting Methodology as well as the IT Management Consulting Methodology and Professional Consulting Workshop training programmes. Patel presents regularly on various security topics at the IBM Information Security & Risk Management Institute as well as other security conferences. He has a good working knowledge of ISO17799, ISF Standards of Good Practice, ITPM, ITIL and CobiT.

Articles

4:00
SecurityOct 24, 2006

The value of managed security services

Security has become a complicated and costly challenge that can be alleviated by managed security services.

4:30
SecuritySept 21, 2006

Taking information privacy seriously

The advent of the Internet has made information privacy a matter of public concern, as individuals begin questioning the levels of technological intrusiveness they will tolerate.

4:30
Cyber crimeAug 22, 2006

Attacking cyber crime

We need to get much more serious about protecting our information.

4:10

Identity management under global spotlight

When it works well, identity management can be a powerful enabler of business processes. When it doesn`t, it can present a serious weak spot.

4:30
SecurityJun 20, 2006

Getting ahead of cyber-crime

Cyber criminals are more organised today than ever before, so our response to them must also take on new structure and focus.

3:30
TechForumJul 22, 2003

Security is a business enabler

Security technology is becoming an enabler of business rather than a cost of doing business, says Alkesh Patel, IT security consultant of IBM SA.