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Paul has over 23 years of experience in IT, 20 of which have been in Information Security. His primary focus area is Enterprise Risk Management, Security Program Management, PCI-DSS Compliance and assisting his stakeholders in identifying gaps and developing a plan towards achieving compliance. Paul has performed numerous PCI Report on Compliance (RoC) audits and multiple gap assessments, assisting his clients in understanding and interpreting the PCI-DSS v1.1 and 1.2 requirements and how to report results to acquirer banks and card brands.Paul has also performed Data Privacy assessments, vulnerability assessments, network penetration reviews, application security, security architecture, and IT Audit reviews.Having years of experience in performing IT Risk Assessments, Governance and policy reviews, Paul is expert on IT Security Frameworks including ISO 27001/27002, NIST, COBIT and ITIL. He assists clients in developing security policies, standards, practices, and procedures. Prior to joining IBM, Paul worked with a variety of organizations including Calyon Financial, Protiviti, Accenture and Kraft Foods. Paul originally started out in relationship sales and then moved on to IT networking. Paul has supported complex voice, video and data networks.In his previous role as a Security Risk Analyst, Paul was responsible for initiating and leading IT Risk Assessments for various business line projects as those initiatives affected the availability, integrity, confidentiality, and proof of company wide systems and data.Specialties: PCI-DSS Compliance and gap analysisIT Governance: Review policies and procedures for clients and provide solutions to comply with the ISO 27002/17799:2005 standardIT Risk AssessmentIT Audit: Review and assess controls for various IT processes including Governance, Security Administration, Change Management, and SDLCVulnerability Assessments and Penetration TestingProject Management

Listed skills include Information Security, It Audit, Security, Pci Dss, and 20 others.