Taiye Lambo

Taiye Lambo is an internationally renowned subject matter expert in the area of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC).
Lambo is the original author of the Holistic Information Security Practitioner (HISP) certification course, which is the first and only integration course that provides practical education on the integration of best practices for Information Security Management, Information Systems Auditing and multiple Regulatory Compliance requirements and how to map multiple regulatory requirements to the internationally accepted best practices framework of ISO 27002 and ISO 27001 management system standard.
Lambo has dual expertise as a hybrid technical and business information security subject matter expert with a pragmatic holistic approach to the management of information security and regulatory compliance, as well as a subject matter expert on Information Security governance and compliance relating to regulatory standards such as UK Data Protection Act, EU Directive on Privacy, HIPAA Security, Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA), Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Security), FDIC, FACT Act, PCI Data Security, NIST 800-53, PIPEDA, PIPA, California SB-1386 and many others. His presentations at security events include conferences organized by organized by ISSA, InfraGard, ISACA, CPM, EDUCAUSE and SOFE.
Lambo successfully executed information security projects for a number of United Kingdom government agencies (including the UK National Archives, Medicines Control Agency, Planning Inspectorate and Office Government Commerce) and also provided information security consulting to State of Georgia agencies. In the commercial sector he has completed Consulting engagements for clients, in the Manufacturing, Financial Services, Software and Healthcare sector.
Lambo was the Director of Information Security for John H. Harland (now Harland Clarke), the leading provider of solutions to the Financial Services industry, including check and check related products and accessories, direct marketing solutions, and contact center solutions.
Lambo founded the UK Honeynet project and the Holistic Information Security Practitioner (HISP) Institute.
Background
Lambo holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ilorin and a Masters of Science degree in Business Information Systems from the University of East London. He is still procrastinating the thought of doing a PhD in a relevant but rear discipline.
Entrepreneurship
In the United Kingdom, Lambo founded a successful information security firm CyberCops Europe, gained assignments in the USA for commercial and government agencies where he continued Information security and compliance consulting and became a subject matter expert in several of the current regulations. His involvement in the USA grew with speaking engagements at leading seminars & conferences. He established numerous valuable contacts nationwide and has name recognition in the information security/regulatory compliance space.
Lambo left CyberCops Europe, relocated with his family to the USA under the National Interest Waiver (NIW) fast track permanent residency category and in October 2002 founded Atlanta, Georgia based eFortresses, Inc. where he is currently responsible for all product development and strategy including raising venture capital and business angel investment, formulating strategic alliances with companies with complimentary offerings.
References
Taiye Lambo's LinkedIn Profile
ISSA Journal - ISO/IEC 27001: The future of infosec certification
ISACA COBIT Focus - Combining Information Technology Standards to Strengthen Network Security
External links
HISP Wiki link
UK Honeynet project
Holistic Information Security Practitioner (HISP) Institute
Atlanta, Georgia based eFortresses, Inc.
HISP Certification

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