Mark Adams

Director, Compliance

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Mark Adams

Director, Compliance

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5.0

(15 reviews)

Cybersecurity and Compliance Expert and vCISO

United States of America Active this week Usually responds in a day or two

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Mark is a Director, Compliance and cybersecurity leader with more than 25 years of experience in IT, governance, data privacy, and regulatory compliance. He holds CISSP, CISA, and CISM certifications and facilitates study groups for security certification exams. He helps engineers move into GRC roles, prepare for security certification exams, and apply cybersecurity and compliance frameworks.

Based on 8 verified mentee reviews

Reviewers often praise his practical cybersecurity and GRC guidance, including advice on what to expect, where to focus, and how to make an impact.
Two reviewers mention useful learning support through shared resources, materials, and engaging cybersecurity tutoring.

About

My name is Mark, and I am a cybersecurity leader with well over 25 years of deep technical experience in information technology, IT governance, data privacy, and regulatory compliance. I am a CISSP, CISA, CISM and CRISC, and am a frequent mentor and trainer. I also facilitate study groups for those preparing to take the CISA, CISM and Security+ exams. Fun fact: I actually had an article published in "2600: The Hacker Quarterly" many years ago when I was a pen tester.

I have expertise in major IT security and compliance standards and frameworks such as COBIT, NIST CSF, HIPAA/HITECH, PCI DSS, SOX, GDPR, OWASP, and the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA).

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I've transitioned from operation to GRC and I only am familiar with textbook knowledge. My mindset also needed to change and Mark setup some stepping stones for me which I really appreciate. We have a 30mins session which Mark gave me a lot of insights, what to expect, what to focus on and what will be a big impact. I'm working towards that and looking forward to our next catch-up.