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A2a Secure Edge Consulting Ltd · London, UK

From audit to assurance.

Independent, board-ready assurance over cloud, AI and technology risk for financial institutions answering to the FCA, PRA and their own audit committees. Faculty thought leadership at the Global Financial Intelligence Academy.

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19+
Years in IT audit & cyber risk
Big 4
PwC heritage & global FS
ISACA
London Chapter, Former Board Director
CISA
Certified · IT audit & assurance
01 · Advisory

Three disciplines. One standard of rigour.

A · 01

Audit Innovation

Modernising the audit function for a cloud-first, AI-accelerated world, without losing the discipline that makes assurance credible.

  • ITGC & UK/US SOX programme design and delivery
  • Technology risk engagements for global financial institutions
  • Audit analytics, automation and agile audit methods
  • AI governance and ISO 42001 readiness
A · 02

Cyber Assurance

Independent, board-ready assurance over the controls that matter, from cloud compliance to operational resilience.

  • Cloud compliance & CCAK-informed cloud audit
  • Operational resilience · FCA / PRA expectations
  • NIST CSF 2.0, ISO 27001 & GDPR alignment
  • Cybersecurity control assessments & third-party risk
A · 03

Thought Leadership & Education

Faculty teaching and mentorship for the Global Financial Intelligence Academy, and curated conversations that move the profession forward.

  • Faculty · Global Financial Intelligence Academy
  • Executive briefings on audit innovation & AI governance
  • Conference MC / hosting, panels & curated industry events
  • Mentorship & diversity in tech via SheLeadsTech

Fluent in the frameworks that govern trust.

Engagements delivered against the regimes regulators, boards and auditors actually test you on.

Specialisms · cloud compliance · data privacy · AI governance · operational resilience

02 · Engagements

Current work, in the field.

E · 01 Ongoing Managed IT · Cybersecurity
Resilience · AI Security

Pyralink Innovation Ltd

Partnering with Pyralink to strengthen their Managed IT & Cybersecurity Services, compliance support, and Enterprise Resilience & AI Security work. The programme includes building a fully prepared security-attestation capability to CIS-level benchmark standards and ensuring compliance with data-privacy regulations across borders.

  • Security attestationAn independent, evidence-backed statement that security controls are designed and operating effectively. Aarti builds the attestation readiness a firm needs to prove its posture to regulators, clients and auditors.
  • CIS BenchmarksConsensus-built configuration baselines that harden operating systems, cloud and containers against real-world attack. Engagements are mapped to CIS Levels 1 and 2 so hardening is measurable and audit-ready.
  • Enterprise resilienceThe capacity to anticipate, absorb and recover from disruption while keeping critical services running. Aligned to FCA and PRA operational-resilience expectations for financial firms.
  • AI securityProtecting AI models, data and pipelines from manipulation, leakage and misuse, and governing the risk they carry. Brought to engagements through ISO 42001 and NIST-informed AI governance.
  • Cross-border data privacyMeeting data-protection duties when personal data crosses jurisdictions: lawful transfers, localisation and accountability under UK GDPR and beyond, across the UK, India and the US.
  • Compliance supportHands-on help to reach and sustain conformance with the regimes that apply, turning control requirements into working, auditable evidence rather than reporting alone.
E · 02 Ongoing Faculty · Thought Leadership

Global Financial Intelligence Academy

Faculty member bringing over 19 years of thought-leadership expertise in IT audit, cybersecurity and technology-risk management to teaching, mentorship and curated industry conversation for the next generation of financial-intelligence professionals.

  • IT auditIndependent examination of the controls that govern systems, data and change: access, operations and development. Grounded in 19 years of ITGC and UK/US SOX delivery across Big 4 and global financial institutions.
  • CybersecurityProtecting systems, data and services against attack, and proving those defences stand up to scrutiny. Taught and assessed against NIST CSF 2.0 and ISO 27001 in regulated financial environments.
  • Technology riskIdentifying, measuring and managing the risk technology carries into the business, from cloud concentration to change failure. Framed the way boards and audit committees in FCA and PRA regulated firms need it.
  • Thought leadershipShaping how the profession thinks about audit innovation, cyber assurance and AI governance: curated programmes for ISACA London, the UKSec Cyber Summit and the International Cyber Expo.
  • MentorshipDeveloping the next generation of audit and security professionals through teaching, coaching and sponsorship, including advocacy for diversity in tech via ISACA's SheLeadsTech.
Aarti Ajay, Director at A2a Secure Edge Consulting Aarti AjayDirector

03 · About

Aarti Ajay: assurance, taught and practised.

Director of A2a Secure Edge Consulting Limited and faculty member at the Global Financial Intelligence Academy, Aarti brings more than nineteen years in IT audit, cybersecurity and technology risk to every engagement.

Her career spans Big 4 consulting and global financial institutions, including PwC, AXA XL and Wise, leading ITGC, cybersecurity and technology risk engagements across the UK, India and the US.

A former Board Director of the ISACA London Chapter, she curates events on audit innovation, cyber assurance and AI governance, and champions diversity in tech through SheLeadsTech. She is CISA certified, with CIA Part 1 and formal training in CISM, CCAK and CRISC.

CISA · CertifiedCertified Information Systems Auditor, ISACA's benchmark credential for IT audit, assurance and control, held in active standing behind 19 years of hands-on ITGC and SOX delivery. Former Board Director · ISACA LondonAn elected governance role at one of ISACA's largest chapters, contributing to its strategy, events and professional community across London's audit and security community. Faculty · GFI AcademyFaculty member at the Global Financial Intelligence Academy, teaching IT audit, cybersecurity and technology risk to the next generation of financial-intelligence professionals.
Career houses
PwC AXA XL Wise
04 · Voice

Curating the conversation.

A former Board Director of the ISACA London Chapter, Aarti curates the profession's dialogue on audit innovation, cyber assurance and AI governance. As an event curator she has convened programmes and panels at the UKSec Cyber Summit and the International Cyber Expo, and champions diversity in technology, audit and cybersecurity through ISACA's SheLeadsTech initiative.

Board · GovernanceGovernance from the inside: a former Board Director of the ISACA London Chapter, one of ISACA's largest, helping steer its strategy, programmes and professional community. Event CuratorCurator of the industry's conversations on audit innovation, cyber assurance and AI governance, with programmes and panels at the UKSec Cyber Summit and International Cyber Expo. ISACA · AdvocacyWidening the path into the profession as an advocate for diversity in technology, audit and cybersecurity through ISACA's SheLeadsTech.

05 · Engage

Assurance begins with a conversation.

Advisory engagements, faculty enquiries, speaking invitations and board-level briefings. Aarti would be glad to hear from you.

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