John Martin Stephenson

Cyber Security Advisor | Cloud Security Audit | AI Governance

John is a Cybersecurity advisor, data and technology platform strategist with around two decades of global experience specializing in Cyber governance and assurance, Policy and Regulatory Compliance, AI Governance and Data science Ethics.

John provides Cloud governance and Information security audit services to Fortune 500 companies, multi billion-dollar global enterprise clients in Banking, Financial Services, Healthcare, Media, Oil & Gas, Mobility, Logistics and Critical infrastructures. He has wide knowledge on the ICT regulatory landscape in US, EU, Asia and Middle East. He advocates Zero Trust and proactive defense in depth security across multi cloud, hybrid, digital & ICT environments to safeguard cutting-edge technologies and foster business innovation across diverse industries, spanning private, public sectors, and public-private partnership (PPP) endeavors.

John demonstrates deep understanding of ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 42001, NIST (SP 800), OWASP, ISC Security, SANS cyber defense controls, CIS Critical security controls, CSA Cloud control matrix (CCM), NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK, CobIT, COSO, PCI-DSS, SOX, HIPPA, GDPR, EU AI Act and other international standards and frameworks. He holds an MBA in Systems and has attained certification like CISSP®, CISM, CEH, ISO 27001 Lead implementer and Lead Auditor, ITIL, CRiSP (ISO 22301 & ISO 31000), and pursues advanced specializations in Transformative technologies and AI (Artificial Intelligence).