Stuart Golding

Stuart is considered a reputable Senior Leader in the Information Security industry, with a proven history of success in driving high-level data security strategies to ensure compliance with multiple standards and regulations (ie. PCI DSS, Cyber Essentials, ISO27001, NIST, SOC2) across a range of complex business landscapes. With over 40 years of industry insight and 17 years’ experience in information security, Stuart supports businesses to demystify and comply with data security standards, informing corporate strategic direction for protecting sensitive and confidential data, outlining key issues and risks and developing robust Governance structures and practices. Stuart has been actively involved in governing and managing PCI DSS programmes with multiple UK based retailers for over seventeen years, including the WH Smith Group, the Sainsbury’s Group and Carnival UK. In the last eight years Stuart has assisted multiple organisations as a Virtual Chief Information Security Officer, fr