CLAS Consultant and risk professional with a solid grounding in technical design and security architecture; with a particular focus in central government and intelligence sectors. Strong skills in providing security, risk and IA expertise to Government Standards using HMG Policy and Guidance such as IS1 and HMG SPF. Significant experience of preparing and reviewing RMADS and associated documents including the provision of Risk Treatment Plans and recommended remedial activities. Recent experience of risk management and accreditation frameworks within a large Government organisations from providing security guidance and assessing risk calculations on a PAN Government Programme to reporting security issues to Security Working Group stakeholders. Ability to form and maintain relationships at all levels of engagement and deliver cost effective and targeted security solutions and consultancy. Provide Information security expertise to support a range of client projects and requirements including security design, architecture review and risk assessments. Detailed technical assessment of security technologies with focus on firewalls, IDS, IPS, cryptographic solutions, secure communications, vulnerability assessment and penetration tools and techniques. Experience implementing ISO 27001 and maintaining the ISMS in the Financial Sector. IT Security Project Manager experience. .

Security Architect & CLAS Consultant @ From July 2013 to Present (2 years 6 months) Information Assurance Consultant @ From May 2012 to Present (3 years 8 months) London, United KingdomDirector @ From February 2010 to Present (5 years 11 months) Information Assurance Consultant @ From September 2010 to May 2012 (1 year 9 months) London, United KingdomInformation Security Consultant @ ISO 27001 alignment and risk assessment From July 2010 to September 2010 (3 months) Information Security Architect @ Consulting as lead Security Architect on Defence bid. From March 2010 to July 2010 (5 months) Information Security Consultant - Manager @ From August 2008 to March 2010 (1 year 8 months) Security Project Manager and Security Officer @ Technical Project manager responsible for the delivery of security focused IT Projects. Responsible for creating the supporting business case, obtaining product and service quotes with procurement, creating and tracking planning activities and managing third-party supplier relationships. New security technologies reviews and testing such as IDS & IPS solutions, AV and content checking. Co-ordinated security and accreditation activities with the relevant accreditation authorities and business risk owners including oversight of the RMADS and SyOps document sets. From September 2006 to August 2008 (2 years) Network Security Officer @ Security Officer and Network Security specialist, responsible for liaising with government bodies such as CPNI and CESG on security policy and incident management. Technical team leader for the implementation of a global secure laptop and EDRM solution, including the planning, coordination and delivery of the solution with particular focus on managing the global firewall estate throughout the DFID Estate world-wide. From February 2004 to September 2006 (2 years 8 months) IT & Security Officer @ Sigma A&M based at Saatchi &Saatchi, London. From October 2001 to February 2004 (2 years 5 months) Internship @ From 1999 to 2000 (1 year)

MSc, Information Security @ Royal Holloway, University of London From 2007 to 2009 BA HONS, Interational Business & French @ Loughborough University From 1997 to 2001 Laura Woollard is skilled in: CISSP, CISM, PRINCE2, Checkpoint, CLAS, ISO 27001, Information Security Management, Information Security, PCI DSS, Security Architecture Design, Security, Security Audits, Security Policy, Vulnerability Assessment, Information Assurance