CISO Consultants offers a wide range of IT consulting services to help you achieve your business objectives. Our services include cybersecurity strategy development, risk management, incident response planning, and cloud security solutions. We work with you to understand your business needs and develop tailored solutions to mitigate risks, comply with industry standards, and achieve security objectives.

Contribute to the HBF vision by providing strategic leadership and advocacy of HBF’s cyber security, technology governance and risk needs.Responsible for developing and ongoing management of HBF’s Cyber Security Strategy to optimise the organisation’s security posture and ensure business continuity. Responsible for effectively identifying and managing the organisation’s cyber and technology risks in line with the organisation’s risk appetite and compliance requirements.

Brought in for strong leadership skills and cybersecurity expertise following a period of executive turnover and lack of focus on security and risk mitigation. Security systems were either immature or ineffectively managed. Lead cybertechnology, professional, and managed services with strategic direction for P&L, selection of appropriate technical solutions, development of operational capability and maturity, and implementation of GRC protocols. Directs team of two direct reports and 60 employees, the largest banking security team in Western Australia. Commonwealth is Australia’s largest bank with A$976B AUM, 2.5 million customers and 51,000 employees.Strategic PlanningDeveloped strategic plan for cybersecurity to support new bank direction.Turn-aroundReorganized cybersecurity department, hiring and deploying new talent, completely refreshing cyber controls, awareness and risk management strategy.Testing ProtocolsImplemented five-year scheduled penetration testing plan, coordinating with local regulators.Process CreationCreated six-month identify access management and user access review process.

Recruited by former customer to transform company’s cybersecurity strategy and maturity within the business, and to direct the security products and services needed to enable the organization to emerge as an innovator in cyber services. Recruited talent and led offshore team of 14 (Bulgaria and Ukraine) and three in-house to develop and enhance multiple security initiatives. Playtech is the world's largest supplier of online gaming and sports betting software. Cybersecurity RestructureTransformed security operations with new strategic direction and restructuring of security team.Cost SavingsExpanded team capability while significantly cutting costs by locating key roles in Bulgaria and Ukraine.Innovative ThinkingEnhanced practice development and created new avenues for collaboration by ensuring strong working relationships with multiple subsidiaries.Future-thinking Cyber SolutionsGrew investment in cybersecurity while enhancing stability and quality by shifting cybersecurity resiliency program to Cloud services.Superior ServiceEnabled superior cybersecurity initiatives through Security Cloud Services monitoring, SIEM services and vulnerabilities management.Practice DevelopmentExpanded company’s service portfolio by establishing a consultancy and professional services practice including ‘Virtual CSO’ services and Security Operations Centre.

Recruited as CISO to build a new group security capability and mature information services governance, risk, and compliance. AIG was a premier provider of insurance products and services. Considered an Israeli super-brand with the highest of client satisfaction ratings. Over 1,000 employees.Increased Investment in CybersecurityDoubled company overall investment in cybersecurity.Standardized ProtocolsImplemented controls to achieve compliance with PCI, ISO 27001, Cubit and SOX.Relationship ManagementEstablished highly collaborative relationships with board members, regulatory agencies and internal audit.Opportunity DevelopmentMet first-ever PCI certification requirements, enabling critical relationships with credit card companies.

As Manager – Information Management Systems, HP Enterprise Services, ECI Telecom, helped lead HP’s first project in Israel, transport services to HP Private cloud, and deploy multiple security systems. Led team of 30 on multiple support systems integration projects. HP Enterprise Services, ECI Telecom provides cable, wireless, cellular, utilities and government sectors with business services, voice services and network security. 3,000 employees with offices in over 20 countries and development centers in India, China and Israel.Beyond-the-Cloud Computing InfrastructuresPrepared ECI beyond-the-cloud computing infrastructures with new technologies and new HP blade Matrix, a cloud computing management infrastructure, and advanced mail systems.System DeploymentDeployed Symantec ESM system and implemented a new firewall for VMware environment.E-information SystemsEstablished e-information transfer and monitoring endpoint stations, Active Directory, communications equipment, routers, switches, deploying of monitoring systems and storage white box mail systems OPS.

Held progressively reponsible roles within Eden Springs. Director Infrastructure and Security, Service Delivery Manager (IBM team), Infrastructure and Security Manager, and IT Manager,