Nirali Chawla

Nirali Shah Chawla is a Managing Director and the Federal Technology Risk leader in KPMG’s Federal Advisory practice. She has more than 20 years of experience leading large-scale modernization and transformation projects to private and public sector clients including financial and information technology audit readiness services, information assurance and Cyber security services, Governance, Risk & Compliance implementations and programs, Risk Management Framework/Financial Management Overlay services, Cloud Computing and transformation consulting services.

Ms. Chawla currently leads some of the largest federal agencies at the brink of transformational change and growth, leveraging her knowledge of existing and emerging technologies to uncover IT opportunities for business process and internal controls improvements. Ms. Chawla is the co-author of NIST Special Publication 800-137, Information Security Continuous Monitoring (ISCM) for Federal Information Systems and Organizations, and holds certifications such as the CISSP, CISA, CRISC, CAP, ITIL and Six Sigma Green Belt. 

Ms. Chawla sits on the ISACA GWDC Board of Directors, AFCEA Scholarships Education Committee Chair, Member of Cyber Council for INSA and is a member of the following organizations: ASMC, NAASA and Women in Technology (WIT). She was a finalist for the 2023 WIT Leadership Award within the Washington, DC Corporate Large-Market Sector.