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CYBER SECURITY www.ceotodaymagazine.com 74 CEO Today United Kingdom Awards 2019 MICHAEL ABTAR LLB (HONS), PG.DIP.LAW, CERT DPO Managing Director and Principal Consultant of IG Smart FIRM PROFILE Our focus at IG Smart Ltd is enabling the leading brands and trusted institutions we serve to process personal data lawfully and securely. Our award-winning services are designed to help you to optimise data privacy, quality and security, simplify legal and regulatory data protection compliance and empower people to use personal data confidently. Sharing your vision We identify what your organisation’s strategic objectives are in terms of leveraging personal data and digital technologies and work closely with you to achieve them in a manner that is compliant with key data protection laws like the General Data Protection Regulation and safe from cyber security threats. Providing clear and concise advice The world of data protection compliance and cyber security can present organisation’s with significant challenges and threats. We simplify things for you by cutting through the jargon and red tape to provide you with accurate, clear and concise advice that is tailored to your organisations needs. Providing you with the information you need to make effective risk-based business decisions. Delivering proportionate & pragmatic solutions There are so many opportunities and threats that can be associated with processing personal data in the digital age. We help you to seize opportunities that are relevant to your organisation and control the threats that present risks that you are not prepared to tolerate. Identifying any actual and/or potential risk impact and likelihood and implementing pragmatic solutions to mitigate those risks in proportion to the threat they pose – in alignment with your risk appetite. Empowering growth, innovation & transformation From AI and Big Data Analytics to Machine Learning and Robotics, digital technologies and disruptions are rapidly changing the world around us. To be relevant in the digital age organisations need to be able to innovate, change and transform, at pace. We help you to remove the legal, regulatory and security barriers that stand between the personal data and digital technologies that your organisation leverages and/or wishes to leverage. Recognised as the “Best Cyber Security Consultancy Firm 2019” we are the ideal partner for firms looking to optimise the privacy and security of their data. ABOUT MICHAEL ABTAR Michael Abtar is a lawyer by background with over 12 years experience of working in the data protection, information governance, and cyber security arenas. Michael established IG Smart Ltd in 2009, after having cut his teeth in legal practice handling both civil matters in the Royal Courts of Justice and criminal matters in the Central Criminal Courts. He has led international, national, regional and sub-regional private and public sector programmes and projects, and is recognised by his peers as a privacy and data protection thought-leader. He frequently shares the stage as a keynote speaker and moderator with some of the most respected names in the areas of data protection and his opinions are often sought by leading industry press. CONTACT Tel: +44 (0) 20 7167 4268 Email: info@ig-smart.com Website www.ig-smart.com