Nikolay Kolev, CISA, CISM

Nikolay Kolev, CISA, CISM has over 13 years of experience in the Information Technology and Security industry. From 2020 to present, they have been working at Alcatraz as a GRC Security Manager and GRC Security Expert. From 2017 to 2020, they were a Senior GRC Security Expert at Playtech, where they contributed to the overall management of Playtech's Governance, Risk, and Compliance strategy in the area of Information Security. Nikolay also managed the internal and external ISMS audit processes, audit plan, and corrective actions. From 2017 to 2017, they were an IT Internal Auditor at Kerry, where they had a focus on integrated business, ICT and Information Security audits. From 2015 to 2017, they were a Senior IT Auditor at UniCredit Bulbank, where they ensured compliance of UniCredit Bulbank's ICT control environment with Italian Law of Savings L262/2005. From 2007 to 2015, they were an Account Security Officer at HP, where they were responsible for SOX compliance in the areas of Backup, Antivirus, UNIX, WINTEL, Patch Management, Change Management, Incident Management, Configuration Management, Service Level Agreements, etc. Nikolay was also a Data Protection DTS Engineer and Personal Certificate TS Engineer for Secure Mail service. Finally, from 2006 to 2007, they were an IT Systems Administrator at Professional Information Management PRIMA Jsc.

Nikolay Kolev, CISA, CISM has an extensive education history. Nikolay attended Technical University Sofia from 2006 to 2008, where they earned a degree in Information Technology. Nikolay also attended Technical University Sofia from 2001 to 2005, where they earned a degree in Computer Systems and Technologies. Prior to that, they attended English Language School in Pleven from 1996 to 2001. In addition to their educational background, Nikolay has obtained several certifications, including ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer from PECB in 2018, Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) from ISACA in 2016, Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) from ISACA in 2015, ITIL Foundation from CSME in 2015, Symantec DLP 10.5 from Prometric in 2010, McAfee Endpoint Protection 5.0 from McAfee in 2009, Netasq Administrator from Netasq in 2006, and IronPort Level 1 Engineer from Cisco IronPort in 2006.