Binita Pradhan CPA, CISA, CHQP

Binita is a partner with BDO and leads BDO's Third Party Attestation practice in the West.

• She is a member of the AICPA SOC 2 Task Force that authors SOC 2 guides as well as member of the AICPA SOC for Vendor Supply Chain Task Force.

Binita is the national co-leader for BDO's Multicultural Alliance, which is focused on diversity, equity and inclusion at BDO and within its communities. She was recognized as one of the most influential business women in the Bay Area by San Francisco Business Times for 2018 and also servers on Ascend NorCal Board currently. She was also recognized by Ascend with a High Impact Leader award in 2018.

Previously, Binita was a manager with a Big 4 accounting firm. For over 20 years Binita has provided both advisory and assurance services, such as, SAS 70/SOC Pre-Assessment/examination, internal audit, compliance audits (GLBA, HIPAA, GDPR, HITRUST, etc.), risk assessments, external audit, agreed upon procedures, business continuity planning, pre and post system implementation audits, system security reviews, privacy audits.

Binita is also a frequent speaker at various chapters and events on third party attestation service matters and has been quoted in and published many SOC related articles.