Vernon Poole Biog

Vernon Poole is Head of Business Consultancy, responsible for Sapphire’s team of consultants who deal with Information Assurance and all best practice standards on Information Security Management and associated areas (ISO27000 series; ITIL; COBIT; ValIT).
Vernon began his career in consultancy with CAPITA and has over 20 years experience in information security management consultancy & training. He has also worked in the public sector (local & central government) and with Aid to Industry (audit & security training group) – the latter being acquired by Deloitte which resulted in Vernon becoming a European leader performing a number of Information Security and Control related assessments on behalf of a number of major clients.

Vernon is a CIPFA qualified accountant and a qualified Information Security Manager (CISM). He is currently one of the most respected CISM trainers for ISACA. Vernon is also a founder member of the UK & International 27001 User Groups and a recognised adviser to senior management on the importance of ‘Information Assurance’. Vernon is also a member of British Computer Society’s Security Forum Strategic Panel..

This work lead Vernon to becoming a respected representative on the IT Governance Institute – where Vernon is recognised as one of the thought leaders on Information Governance. He now sits on ISACA’s Information Security Management Committee as the global ISO 27000series representative. In January 2008, he gained the new ISACA certification – CGEIT (Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT).

At Sapphire, Vernon has worked with many organisations in developing tailored Information Security Governance models to enable clients to benchmark their Information Security Improvements. Vernon covers a wide range of topics, from Corporate Governance, ISO27002, Global ISM Models & Board Level Assurance.

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