L Forte

I’m a cybersecurity risk and compliance professional who blends data-driven analysis with practical GRC execution to accelerate audit readiness and reduce risk gaps. I focus on turning audit findings into measurable improvements through clear documentation, stakeholder alignment, and data quality assurance.

In my most recent role, I led data collection and preprocessing for cybersecurity audits, streamlining processes so risk gaps were identified faster. I also supported procedure and process documentation, recommending policy and process improvements and strengthening metric reporting across business office projects.

I serve as a primary point of contact for audit findings across teams within Cyber Defense, coordinating responses to issues raised by organizations including Truist Audit Services, the Federal Reserve Board, and New York State Department of Financial Services. I actively educate leadership on compliance requirements and handle escalated audit finding concerns through email, MS Teams chat, phone calls, and meetings.

Earlier, I led compliance risk assessment work at Delta Airlines by interviewing stakeholders, analyzing large datasets, and evaluating application controls against NIST guidelines. My background also includes project management in Agile and Waterfall environments at AT&T, plus AI data work where I collected, reviewed, and annotated data—tagging and labeling across audio, video, and images—to strengthen high-quality datasets for downstream AI capabilities.