Andrea Simmons
Andrea Simmons, M.Inst.ISP, CISSP, CISM, MBCS CITP, BA, independent information governance consultant, founder and director, Simmons Professional Services ... ANDREA SIMMONS is an experienced information compliance evangelist/business consultant and project manager with expertise in several disciplines: information security management (ISO27001 - ISMS, strategy and planning, policies and procedures development and implementation, and so on); information rights legislation/regulation and...See more
Andrea Simmons, M.Inst.ISP, CISSP, CISM, MBCS CITP, BA, independent information governance consultant, founder and director, Simmons Professional Services ... ANDREA SIMMONS is an experienced information compliance evangelist/business consultant and project manager with expertise in several disciplines: information security management (ISO27001 - ISMS, strategy and planning, policies and procedures development and implementation, and so on); information rights legislation/regulation and standards (including data protection and freedom of information) and information and records management. She has over 12 years' experience in the IT industry within both the public and private sector, implementing compliance programmes and information security management systems (ISMS). Andrea is currently running her own consultancy business (Simmons Professional Services Limited) and works associatively with several professional services organisations in the public and private sector. Andrea undertakes consultancy, speaking and writing assignments and enjoys a varied portfolio of activities across the information governance space. Andrea has also held the role of consultant security forum manager for the British Computer Society (... and has been a member of the management Committee of IAAC(... for several years. She is also a full, chartered member of the BCS and its relevant specialist groups - security, audit, law - and is on the BCS Register of Security Experts. Andrea is also a member of ISACA, ISSA, ISC2 and the Cyber Security KTN, and a founding member of the Institute of Information Security Professionals, to name but a few! Andrea achieved Chartered IT Professional Status in February 2007 and M.Inst.ISP in 2008. See less