Kamran M.

المحافظة الشمالية البحرين · CISO | Cybersecurity & Technology Risk Leader | GCC · MENA · Levant | CBB · CBUAE · BDL · CBJ · SAMA | GRC · PCI DSS | CISM | DPO

Kennesaw State University

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About

CISO-level cybersecurity leader. 28+ years. 50+ staff across 9 countries. $4M+ CAPEX. Zero major regulatory breaches. I have spent nearly three decades building, leading, and transforming cybersecurity and technology risk functions for regulated financial institutions, FinTechs, and government entities across the GCC, MENA, and Asia — including 13+ years at American Express Middle East and an appointment as Interim CISO.What I deliver: → Enterprise cybersecurity programmes aligned with Central Bank mandates (CBB, SAMA, CBUAE, BDL, CBJ) and global frameworks (NIST CSF, ISO 27001, COBIT, CIS, ITIL)→ PCI DSS certification maintained and uplifted across GCC and North Africa operations→ GRC frameworks deployed across multi-country, multi-entity environments→ Cloud security, SIEM, IAM, NGFW, and hybrid infrastructure transformations→ Incident response, threat management, fraud investigations, and board-level cyber risk reporting→ BCP/DRP design, testing, and execution across 22 locations in 9 countries→ Data protection compliance: PDPL, GDPR, AML — across financial services and FinTechI bring multicultural leadership experience across GCC, Singapore, and Pakistan, having worked with American Express, Protiviti, Bahrain National Audit Office, and Encentuate (acquired by IBM Tivoli).Currently advising regulated financial institutions and FinTechs as an Independent Cybersecurity Advisor — and selectively open to senior leadership roles: CISO · Head of Cybersecurity · Head of IT Governance · Technology Risk Director · DPO 📍 Based in Bahrain · Open to GCC, North Africa, and Levant 🔗 linkedin.com/in/kimabdalian

Specialties

  • Governance & Compliance
  • ISO 27001
  • NIST Framework
  • Risk Management
  • Third-Party Risk

Licenses & Certifications

  • Professional Engineer (P.E.)

    Pakistan Engineering Council

    Issued Oct 2021 · Expires Dec 2028

  • Certified in Cyber Security by ISC2

    ISC2

    Issued May 2024 · Expires Apr 2027

  • AI Governance & ISO 42001 Readiness for GRC, Audit, & Legal Specialization

    Coursera

    Issued Jul 2026

10 certifications in total

Experience

  • Information and Cyber Security Manager

    Infiniventure

    May 2025 — Jan 2026

    Bahrain

  • American Express Middle East

    • Information and Cyber Security Manager

      Apr 2022 — Jan 2025

      Seef

    • INTERIM - CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER (CISO)

      Apr 2022 — Aug 2022

      Seef

20 experiences in total

Education

  • Kennesaw State University

    Master's degree, Cybersecurity

    Jan 2020 — Jan 2021

  • Hamdard University

    MS Computer Science, Software Engineering

    Jan 1999 — Jan 2001

5 education entries in total

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🚀 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆: 𝗞𝗶𝗺’𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝙎𝙖𝙖𝙎, 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙, 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙙𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙, 𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞 𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙩, 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚

A single workspace for 𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 — powered by Claude AI (Anthropic).

When I started in Cyber Security, I kept wishing for one simple thing:

𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀.

𝗖𝗜𝗦𝗢'𝘀, 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 / 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗚𝗥𝗖 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 waste hundreds of hours re‑assessing the same control across PCI DSS, ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR and more. Evidence drifts. Trackers disagree. Audits become firefights.

Not anymore.

𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺. 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀. 𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗱𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

✔ PCI DSS v4.0.1

✔ ISO/IEC 27001:2022

✔ NIST CSF 2.0

✔ SOC 2

✔ GDPR

✔ ISO/IEC 42001

✔ ISO/IEC 27701

✔ ISO 22301

✔ SCF

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁

𝟮,𝟮𝟭𝟴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲

8𝟮𝟴 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗺𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝘆𝗻𝗰 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀

𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝗻𝗰 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝘀

𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄 — 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗵 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲

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𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹

7 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 — 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀

𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗜𝗦𝗢𝘀, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗥𝗖 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 who manage more than one framework (which is almost everyone).

𝗔𝗜‐𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲 (𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰).

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