Nigel Sampson
United States of America
Summary
Strategic cybersecurity leader with 15+ years of experience developing transformative security solutions across global enterprises. Proven track record of reducing organizational risks by up to 90%, implementing Zero Trust architectures, and driving comprehensive security strategies that enhance operational efficiency and protect critical business assets. Expert in securing complex environments, achieving key certifications, and leading high-performance security teams through innovative technological and procedural interventions.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Head of Cybersecurity and IT Ops
DoseSpot
03.2024 - 12.2024
- Responsible for leading and developing the Cybersecurity and IT Operations function for a leading software development company in the Healthcare industry.
Director of Global Cybersecurity for IDG
IDG (International Data Group)
02.2022 - 02.2024
- Spearheaded the development and implementation of a comprehensive global cybersecurity program across 7 business units with disparate tech stacks in 65 countries, covering 4,500 employees.
- Established strong relationships with key stakeholders, including executive management, legal teams, and HR.
- Conducted regular risk assessments and developed risk mitigation strategies to minimize security vulnerabilities.
- Selected, and implemented security technologies, including: Zero Trust Network Access, Attack Surface Management, Patch Management, Asset Management, Managed Detection and Response, Secure Access Service Edge, brand protection, and Third-Party Risk Management.
- Developed an IT Risk Management program and maintained a Risk Register to track enterprise-wide IT risk items.
- Reduced the attack surface by 30%
- Reduced vulnerabilities by 80%
- Improved global IT risk profile by 40%.
Director of Cybersecurity and Information Security Officer
Alegeus
01.2020 - 02.2022
- Developed comprehensive compliance program encompassing PCI, SOC 1 and SOC 2 compliance.
- Created security operations and engineering teams to manage and maintain security controls supporting the compliance program.
- Reduced compliance risk by 60%.
Director Information Security\ISO
Cotiviti
08.2018 - 10.2019
- Responsible for the development, maintenance, and implementation of the Information Security Management program, assuring the confidentiality, integrity, and controlled availability of customer, employee and business information.
- Achieved HITRUST certification for 6 lines of business.
- Provided quarterly updates to the Board.
- Manages a team of 12 Security Analysts, Risk Analysts and Engineers
- Developed an Application Security Program
- Interfaced with clients on Security Assessment calls.
- Lead security awareness activities.
Head of Security Operations
Charter Communications
05.2017 - 07.2018
- Developed and manages a global SOC team on a day-to-day basis.
- Managed 100 client cloud environments and security of the internal management network of 10k endpoints.
- Advises clients on industry leading best practices and internal best practices for cloud security services.
Head Of Information Security\ISO
Aspen Technology
10.2014 - 05.2017
- Created a Mergers and Acquisition work program to limit risk for acquisition targets.
- Presented key metrics to Executive leadership.
- Improved IT operational workload by 75% through threat mitigation
- Created Security Awareness training that lowered security incidents by 50%.
- Deployed key security technologies, including Network Access Control (NAC), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Web Application Firewall (WAF) Mobile, Device Management (MDM) and Security Email Gateway (SEG).
Cybersecurity Project Manager
MBTA
04.2012 - 10.2014
- Responsible for deploying 3 cybersecurity solutions and driving multiple PCI programs through to certification.
Education
High School Diploma -
East Barnet
London, UKSkills
- Global Cybersecurity Strategy Development
- Zero Trust Network Implementation
- Risk Mitigation and Compliance
- Security Awareness and Training
- Cross-Functional Leadership
Certification
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- ISC2
- 2018-05
Languages
French
Professional
Timeline
Head of Cybersecurity and IT Ops
DoseSpot
03.2024 - 12.2024
Director of Global Cybersecurity for IDG
IDG (International Data Group)
02.2022 - 02.2024
Director of Cybersecurity and Information Security Officer
Alegeus
01.2020 - 02.2022
Director Information Security\ISO
Cotiviti
08.2018 - 10.2019
Head of Security Operations
Charter Communications
05.2017 - 07.2018
Head Of Information Security\ISO
Aspen Technology
10.2014 - 05.2017
Cybersecurity Project Manager
MBTA
04.2012 - 10.2014
High School Diploma -
East Barnet
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