Venkata Kamala Bandepalli
Principal Security Consultant and PCI Qualified Security Assessor (QSA), 1 Sequence Cyber Ltd
Venkata Kamala Bandepalli is a Principal Security Consultant at 1 Sequence Cyber and a PCI Qualified Security Assessor. The role covers, implementation and assessment, for PCI DSS and other security standards and frameworks such as PCI DSS, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, Swift CSCF, for 1SC's clients around the world.
As a QSA at a PCI SSC-listed QSA company, Venkata Kamala leads engagements from scoping through to delivering Report and Attestation of Compliance, working directly with the client's own team.
Venkata Kamala has also designed and delivered public, in-house and bespoke training courses for security standards such as PCI DSS, ISO 2001 & ISO 27017 Implementer, and BCS accredited CISMP. Venkata Kamala also speaks on payment security at industry events. In November 2026 she spoke as a subject-matter expert at the European Women Payments Network (EWPN) conference (Theme: The New Frontier: Human-Centric AI in Future of Finance and Payments) in Amsterdam, as a panel speaker alongside other industry experts, on session titled: Your Data, Their Model: Who Really Controls the AI Economy?
Credentials
- PCI Qualified Security Assessor (QSA), PCI Security Standards Council.
- ISO/IEC 27001 Certified ISMS Lead Implemented (CIS LI)
- ISO/IEC 27001 Certified ISMS Lead Auditor (CIS LA)
- ISO/IEC 27017 Certified Cloud Security Lead Implementer
- Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP)
- GDPR Foundation and Practitioner
Focus
PCI DSS assessments and Reports on Compliance; scoping and gap analysis; evidence and remediation guidance. Assessments worldwide.