Ismael Valenzuela

Ismael started in the infosec arena founding his own company, G2 Security, in year 2000, one of the first information security consultancies founded in Spain. He was also appointed as the Information Security Business Manager at Novasoft, a large company with offices in Spain, Chile and the UK, that acquired G2 Security in 2003, where he had the opportunity to set up and develop Novasoft's infosec business from scratch. While at Novasoft, Ismael achieved big deals in Central and Regional Government including Risk Analysis, Penetration Tests, Vulnerability Assesments, Data Protection and ISO 17799 consultancies among other projects. He also participated as a senior consultant for many big security projects in Spain, as well as an instructor, writing articles and promoting security business.

Ismael is currently working as an Information Security Specialist in iSOFT plc, one of the largest healthcare application software companies in the world, with large market presence in Europe and growing significantly in Asia and Australia. He is mainly involved in security governance and compliance, implementing ISO 27001:2005 in UK offices as well as providing Risk Assessment and Security Consulting and Strategy to iSOFT units across the world.

Ismael holds a Bachelor in Computer Science, is certified in Business Administration, ITIL, CISM and CISSP and was recently accredited as IRCA ISO 27001 Lead Auditor by Bureau Veritas UK.

Contact: ivalenzuela @ jessland.net
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