Syed Ali Abbas

Ali Abbas has over 18 years of professional experience in information systems governance, risk management, and IT assurance. As a Director in BPM’s IT Assurance Practice, he provides IT auditing, cybersecurity policies and procedures, business process improvement, internal controls implementation, IT compliance, and data analysis services to clients in a variety of industries.  

Ali has extensive experience working in the U.S., Europe and Asia for blue chip, Fortune 50 and FTSE100 clients advising on their information technology security programs and practices. His technical experience encompasses issues surrounding Sarbanes Oxley (404), SOC 1 and SOC 2, FIEC/FRB, HIPAA, EU directives, and global industry standards such as ISO27000, NIST, COBIT and PCI DSS, among other data security standards. His IT audit and security assessments incorporate multiple IT areas and thus maintains a deep working knowledge of aspects numerous components of IT including ERP systems, infrastructure, network architecture, operating systems, database administration, information system security, segregation of duties and project management.