Carolina Pinto
Cybersecurity GRC Analyst · Risk, Compliance & Governance
Hi, I'm Carolina.
GRC-focused cybersecurity professional bringing 10+ years of legal, financial-services and compliance experience to security risk.
Helping organizations turn regulation into practical security.
Google Cybersecurity Certificate
CompTIA Security+ (Dec 2026)
LL.M., Fordham Law
English · Portuguese · Spanish
Featured projects
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Governance, Risk & Compliance
NIST CSF 2.0 Gap Assessment: Meridian Wealth Partners
Assessed a simulated wealth management firm against all six NIST CSF 2.0 functions and recommended prioritized remediation.
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Governance, Risk & Compliance
Third-Party Vendor Risk Assessment: ClientVantage CRM
Evaluated a SaaS CRM vendor holding UHNW client data ahead of contract renewal, using SOC 2 Type II evidence and a vendor questionnaire.
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Governance, Risk & Compliance
Internal IT Security Audit: Botium Toys
Controls and compliance assessment using NIST CSF, with recommendations to reduce risk and meet PCI DSS, GDPR and SOC requirements.
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Risk & Threat Assessment
Vulnerability Assessment Report: Public Database Server
Assessed access-control risks on a publicly exposed MySQL database server using NIST SP 800-30 Rev. 1.
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Risk & Threat Assessment
PASTA Threat Model: SoleTrade App
Applied the seven-stage PASTA framework to a sneaker marketplace app, from business objectives to attack vectors and mitigations.
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Incident Response
Incident Report: ICMP Flood DoS
Analyzed a two-hour outage caused by an ICMP flood and documented it across the NIST CSF functions.
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Areas of focus
Governance, Risk & Compliance5 projects · Framework assessments, audits, vendor risk and control reviews.
Risk & Threat Assessment3 projects · Vulnerability analysis, threat modeling and threat intelligence.
Incident Response4 projects · Investigating, documenting and recovering from security incidents.
Network Security3 projects · Network design, scanning and packet analysis.
Python & Automation6 projects · Python scripts that automate everyday security tasks.
Linux & SQL2 projects · Command-line administration and querying security data.
Latest from the blog
All posts →- November 4, 2026 Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: Planning for When Things Go Wrong
- November 2, 2026 Data and Asset Classification: Not All Information Is Created Equal
- October 29, 2026 Debugging in Python: How to Find and Fix Your Mistakes