./Paul L.

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CISO and Interim-CTO @ Lionsoul Global
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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About ./Paul L.

With over 20 years of experience in the information security industry, Paul is a seasoned security leader and strategist who has built and secured global customer-facing production infrastructure and led cross-functional teams in different regions and sectors. He holds multiple certifications, including CCSP, CISSP, and CRISC, and has a strong background in cloud infrastructure security, privileged access management, and cryptographic key management.As the CISO at Uphold, Veriff and most recently Lionsoul, Paul trod the fine line of verified identity and digital asset management. Fighting online fraud and facilitating trust in cryptocurrency markets through innovative security-focused strategies. He was also the Chief Resilience Officer at Power For Planet, a project facilitation company that helps clients achieve energy grid independence and enhance their environmental footprint through renewable energy sources. Paul is passionate about the practical applications of distributed ledger technologies, digital identity, and renewable energy / carbon-negative tech.

./Paul L.'s Current Company Details
Lionsoul Global

Lionsoul Global

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CISO and Interim-CTO
United Kingdom
Website:
lionsoul.com
Employees:
46
./Paul L. Work Experience Details
  • Lionsoul Global
    Ciso And Interim-Cto
    Lionsoul Global
    United Kingdom
  • Lionsoul Global
    Ciso
    Lionsoul Global Jan 2024 - Present
    Just coming out of stealth mode, Lionsoul Global is a non-custodial provider for digital asset wealth management. It is a U.S. registered investment adviser (TSSB), U.S. commodity trading advisor (NFA) and a member of the Swiss Financial Services Standards Association (VQF)
  • Keypair Ltd
    Vciso
    Keypair Ltd Jun 2022 - Present
    Helping firms identify and address risk through the development and implementation of effective information security programs.
  • Power For Planet
    Chief Resilience Officer
    Power For Planet Oct 2022 - Aug 2024
    London, England, Gb
    PFP is a project facilitation company focused on the realisation of power derived from non-recyclable waste, supported by other renewable sources. Our role is to help our clients achieve grid independence and thereby take control of their power supply security, regain control of their energy costs and enhance their environmental footprint. We actively initiate projects on behalf of our clients and bring together all the components and collaborators required to execute the complete project value chain. These include land and waste sourcing, power off-take (electricity, H2, syngas derivatives), technology selection, financing, promotion, permitting, site construction and site operation.We maintain a technology agnostic approach and work with multiple, commercially proven and best of class technology providers as well as other business partners, investors, financing institutions and engineering companies.
  • Veriff
    Ciso
    Veriff May 2023 - Dec 2023
    New York, Us
    Veriff is an industry leader in online identity verification, helping businesses achieve greater levels of trust.As CISO, supporting Veriff in the fight against online fraud and restoring trust in the digital world through innovative security-focused strategies.
  • Jagex
    Senior Security Consultant
    Jagex Nov 2022 - Jun 2023
    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb
    Jagex Limited is a British video game developer and publisher based at the Cambridge Science Park in Cambridge, England. It is best known for RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, both free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing games.Securing the realm by enabling the right people to thrive, through progressive access and identity management strategies.
  • Uphold Inc.
    Ciso
    Uphold Inc. Nov 2018 - Jun 2022
    New York, New York, Us
    As CISO, privileged to protect over $4Bn in customer assets every day. Working with key stakeholders to lead all aspects of Security in our Hardware, Software, Wetware and VendorwarePassionate about the evolving landscape of Crypto-Currencies, FinTech and the unrealised potential of this emerging and transformative industry.Striving to support the secure advancement of this amazing company, which is by definition, on the very cutting edge of the possible.
  • Ihs Markit
    Director Of Security Architecture And Deputy Ciso
    Ihs Markit Aug 2018 - Nov 2018
    London, United Kingdom, Gb
    (Now S&P Global)Ipreo was acquired by IHS Markit in the summer of 2018.For a short time, worked to secure the disparate systems and services of this global information brokerage firm, operating in the Energy, Transport, Finance, Defence and Mining sectors.Responsible primarily for Secure Cloud and Encryption Architecture strategy across the product base.
  • Ipreo
    Director Of Cyber Security And Deputy Ciso
    Ipreo Aug 2015 - Aug 2018
    New York, Ny, Us
    Reporting directly into the Head of Information Security and Risk at a leading Global Financial Services firm, based in New York.Responsible for Ipreo's global Cloud Security Strategy, to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements applicable to global capital markets.Built and managed a team responding to Ipreo client’s 3pty risk and security assessments. Facilitated Ipreo client’s annual onsite and remote compliance assessments.Developed, drove and implemented Ipreo’s global Information Security and control assessment processes.Drove awareness and accountability throughout the organisation, toward greater business transparency to reinforce trust from clients, business partners and internal stakeholders.Reviewed client contracts to ensure compliance with Ipreo's Information security objectives.Created programs to assess, measure and report on changes in security control effectiveness across the business.Developed, implemented and managed the Third Party Risk Framework for the business. Recommending best-in-class tools to make effective use of existing resources, working with Procurement and Legal functions to identify and manage third party risks.Created the Identity and Access Management program (including and especially Privileged Access Management) for the firms new and existing systems.Supported the global CISO in developing the maturity of risk management activities across the firm and provided thought leadership as required.Managed delivery of successful companywide external Information Assurance efforts, used by clients to assess Ipreo’s suitableness as a supplier, such as SOC1 and SOC2.Spoke at business and industry related conferences and client facing engagements to drive the objectives of Ipreo’s Information Security program.
  • Dealcloud, By Intapp
    Cyber And Grc Consultant
    Dealcloud, By Intapp May 2015 - Jul 2018
    Jersey City, Nj, Us
    Provided Information Security and Privacy consulting expertise to this leading investment solutions company. Assessed the company’s security posture, reporting to senior leadership and guiding future remediation efforts Provided security assessment services, as part of M&A activities Performed in-person GDPR and Security training, as well as working with legal regarding standard contractual clauses Trained IT team in Security operations and worked through tabletops Created governance overlay framework for ongoing measurement of effectiveness Worked with local teams (offices in London and Charlotte, NC) to evangelise security and appoint security champions
  • Ilevel Solutions
    Director Of It And Infosec
    Ilevel Solutions May 2012 - Aug 2015
    New York, Ny, Us
    iLevel was a spin out from the Blackstone Group, providing a leading portfolio monitoring and analytics solution for the Private Capital Industry.Oversaw the Infrastructure and IT Compliance side of the business. Happy to be working with top-flight development and product people on a solid application to be proud of.Key areas responsible for and achievements within iLEVEL:Developed security mission, with supporting policies and procedures. Defined the company's relationship to security, privacy and compliance, based on industry standard practices and aligned to banking client's needs.Cultivated and maintained relationships with Business Unit Managers to develop and communicate security strategies and ownership.Provided subject matter expertise and consultative support to application developers in the identification of information security issues and requirements. Assured their work conformed to acceptable security standards and protocols as part of the SDLC.Developed and continued to drive security due diligence, best practice and remediation initiatives wherever they were needed.Initiated, facilitated, and promoted activities to foster information security awareness within the organisation as a whole.Developed and provided relevant regular and ad-hoc security reports to management, as required.Facilitated incident detection, response and prevention through technology and supporting human procedures.Researched, evaluated, and recommended security products and services to meet specific business needs.Maintained awareness and knowledge of current and projected industry security issues and concerns.Responded to security incidents as required.Solely responsible for orchestrating the company's SOC1 compliance program. Provided in-depth technical knowledge of IT infrastructure, architectures, systems and development concepts, to efficiently support the companies growth and revenue opportunities.
  • Comodo
    Director Of It And Security
    Comodo Oct 2009 - May 2012
    Bloomfield, New Jersey, Us
    Designed and maintained SAS70 (ISO27001 and ISO17799) compliant global office and Datacenter infrastructure.Managed a team of 23 Systems, Security and Database Administrators in 6 global offices (including Beijing), who maintain 7 Global Datacenters underpinning millions of user's access to Comodo services.Actively built and managed a secure Infrastructure underpinning the second largest SSL Certificate Authority network in the world, supporting 25k corporate SSL customers(including Nintendo, Akamai, Nokia, Apple, Web.com and NYSE) and over 15 million active end-users of Comodo's CIS end point protection offering.Expanded the internal NOC provision into a stellar team in Romania for 2nd and then 3rd line around the clock escalations.Developed the company's production high availability strategy and disaster recovery policies and procedures.Personally managed global vendor relationships (Datacenter,Hardware transit , support)Registered an LIR (with both RIPE and ARIN) to manage Comodo's internet number assets and control the distribution of internet services to the various Comodo companiesDesigned and deployed new Anycasted global multi-site solution for a Recursive and Authoritative DNS service (including DNS-SEC) for the DNS.COM wing of Comodo.
  • Comodo
    Global Systems Manager
    Comodo Aug 2008 - Oct 2009
    Bloomfield, New Jersey, Us
    Responsible for IT in 6 globally disparate offices and the Production IT Infrastructure.Managed a team of 12 Systems Administrators focused on the Certificate Authority business.Setup global 24/5 Romania based NOC team in 2009 as a hub for production level internal and customer facing (high level) support.Setup Project support and standardized local development provision for the many and varied development teams in remote offices using Cloudxen and Convirt. This funelled all new projects into a production supportable format from day one.Managed scope and procurement of hardware, software and support for 3 disparate Datacentres.Planned and implemented virtualization of the backbone of Comodo's flagship AV projectusing Citrix XEN and Open-E based SANs.Cut down RTO and RPO of critical services by using Oracle clustering and slony for PostGres respectively.
  • Thermos Uk (Bhl Group, Trading As)
    Head Of It
    Thermos Uk (Bhl Group, Trading As) Oct 2005 - Aug 2008
    Schaumburg, Illinois, Us
    Efficiently managed the IT budget, gradually virtualising and automating as many systems / processes as possible, to better allocate resources across the estate.Identified current deficiencies in both business and IT processes, liaised with staff and senior management to implement corrective measures where cost effective and appropriate.Managed white-label partner websites and customer facing website, thermos.co.uk.Windows 2003, Exchange 2003 and SCO OpenServer managementVPN administration using Cisco IOS on PIX firewall.
  • Cable & Wireless Communications
    Technical Operations Manager
    Cable & Wireless Communications Aug 2003 - Oct 2005
    Miami, Florida, Us
    Led 4-person cross-skilled technical cell (*NIX, Windows, Security/Network).Responsible for monitoring and incident management for all clients on rolling shifts, liaised with other global Duty Shift Managers regarding ongoing issues and collaborated to perform post incident investigation.Helped manage and maintain the infrastructure of the British Government Secure intranet (GSi) project.Spearheaded project to EOL the Energis fleet of Windows Server 2000 servers in favour of a more secure native Windows Server 2003 environment.

./Paul L. Skills

It Executive Internet Security Change Management Internet Routing Vendor Contract Management Data Center People Management Staff Mentoring It Strategy Global Networking Security Virtualization Disaster Recovery Routing Dns Storage Cloud Computing Firewalls Saas Solution Design Bgp Ipsec Network Security It Service Management Tcp/ip Business Continuity Linux Team Leadership Telecommunications Xen It Management Team Management E Commerce Cross Functional Team Leadership Team Building Management Networking Hardware Enterprise Software Computer Security Pki Leadership Owasp Vpn High Availability Identity Management Infrastructure Microsoft Exchange System Administration Information Security

./Paul L. Education Details

  • Leeds Beckett University
    Leeds Beckett University
    Computer Networking
  • Liverpool John Moores University
    Liverpool John Moores University
    Computing

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./Paul L. works for Lionsoul Global

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./Paul L.'s current role is CISO and Interim-CTO.

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./Paul L. attended Leeds Beckett University, Liverpool John Moores University.

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./Paul L. has skills like It Executive, Internet Security, Change Management, Internet Routing, Vendor Contract Management, Data Center, People Management, Staff Mentoring, It Strategy, Global Networking, Security, Virtualization.

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