Diane Abela Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Liverpool Street, London, Gb

• CISO also heading up data protection• have built two high-performing security engineering and information governance teams; directing the mitigation of the businesses’ highest data security risks and delivering 5 regulatory certifications within the first 9 months in the role. • Boosted data protection compliance to GDPR requirements increasing the ICO accountability score by over 200% within the first year of leading strategic privacy project implementations.• Successfully closed over 20 digital transformation projects across the business in a span of 18 months, requiring the collaboration and influencing of senior stakeholders. Some examples include: • oversaw data protection compliance projects with regulatory impact of over 20 million GBP; • executed detailed product security and privacy due diligence for the acquisition and integration of the highest used mobile application in UK Hospitals; • directed the building of a data and application security controls framework for desktop and web-application products used to message healthcare data to over 60 million patients - ensuring compliance with the NHS Data Protection Security Toolkit, NCSCs IT Health Check Requirements; Cyber Essentials Plus and ISO 27001, as well as the ability to continuously meet 100% of target security requirements for new and current clients; • spearheaded a supply chain management project with the aim of reducing supplier risks, resulting in a 50% reduction of duplicate and/or high risk suppliers, as well as high yearly cost savings , within the span of a year.• Engaging with external stakeholders like NCSC, NHS England and our customers on strategic security challenges, and helping drive up overall standards in the healthcare sector across the UK.• Evidence-based change in the core culture of the organisation, creating a measurable bias towards good security hygiene, reducing employee phishing clicks by 90%

- Provide an independent and objective perspective on the company's strategic direction, growth opportunities, and potential challenges.- Participate in board meetings, audit and security committees and contribute to decision-making processes related to corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and ethical standards.-Review and analyse financial reports, budgets, and key financial indicators to ensure the company's financial health and adherence to financial goals.- Assess and mitigate potential risks to the company's operations, finances, and reputation.

St. Julian'S, Malta, Mt

- Increased the organisational security function maturity from a Level 1 to a Level 4, measured against the Gartner Security maturity framework. - Hired the businesses’ first information security team; directing high-performing information security engineering and governance professionals; voted Leader of the Year 2020 by the organisation. - Effectively created repeatable processes across the business, allowing efficient regulatory compliance to over 10 gaming legislations. - Core role in due diligence processes for business mergers and acquisitions ranging between 30 to 60 million Euro.- Orchestrated the secure carve out of information for a whole business pillar, guaranteeing the sale of 7 online businesses for over 30 million Euro within a relatively short period of time. -Oversaw ISO27001 certifications for the entire business, achieving year-on-year certification status for 4 years, transforming our client due diligence process and reducing our time to tender from weeks to hours for security assessments.- Key stakeholder for the business creation and production of secure and compliant web application and platform products and affiliate marketing services for the gaming industry. - Achieved security engagement and ownership across executive and management teams, through continuous communication of risks and the creation of measurable initiatives at corporate and business unit level.

St. Julian'S, Malta, Mt

St. Julian'S, Malta, Mt

Marsa, Mt

Qormi, Malta, Mt

Qormi, Malta, Mt

Qormi, Malta, Mt

- IT student Intern in the Advisory section of PwC Malta

Blata-L-Bajda, Mt

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Information Systems, Computer Science And Artificial Intelligence

Master Of Science (Msc), Information Technology, Management And Organisational Change

Mathematics And Computer Science