Ciaran Johnson
Founder Director at Yew-Consulting
Leinster, Ireland
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Top SchoolCiaran Johnson is a pragmatic information security and governance leader with over 8 years of focused experience and a multi-decade career footprint in risk, compliance and incident response across enterprise and regulated sectors. As Founder-Director of Yew-Consulting he helps SMEs translate ISO 27001, GDPR, NIS2 and the EU AI Act into proportionate, business-aligned programmes that protect data, people and trust. He has run global security functions (C-ISO), led vCISO services, chaired AI governance, and driven large-scale third-party and identity governance implementations. Known for cutting through complexity, Ciaran blends technical standards and policy with hands-on programme delivery and security education to embed lasting culture change. Based in Leinster, Ireland, he pairs professional certifications (CISSP, ISO27001 Lead Auditor, CISO training) with unusual depth in governance roles outside industry—recently chairing a regional sports association bye-laws review.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
ISO27001 Lead Auditor (PECB), Professional certification in ISO27001 Lead Auditing, ISO27001 Lead Auditor (PECB), Professional certification in ISO27001 Lead Auditing at Firebrand Training (UK)Certificate in Cyberpsychology, Cyberpsychology, Certificate in Cyberpsychology, Cyberpsychology at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and TechnologyCertified Chief Information Security Officer, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Certified Chief Information Security Officer, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Firebrand Training UKCertificate, The Art of Being an Effective Chair and Chairing Well, Certificate, The Art of Being an Effective Chair and Chairing Well at Boardmatch IrelandLeaving Certificate, Multi, Leaving Certificate, Multi at Greenhills CollegeCompetitive Strategy, Competitive Strategy at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat MÜNCHEN (LMU) - OnlineCollege of Commerce, RathminesCertificate in Supervisory Management, Project Management, Certificate in Supervisory Management, Project Management at Institute of Commercial Management
Github Skills (10)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
cjaran/cjaran.github.io
Sep 2019 - Dec 2020
Contributions:35 commits, 49 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 3 months
Blothen/Backgrounds
Dec 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:3 releases, 17 commits, 9 pushes in 1 month
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