Bassel Kablawi

Chief Information Security Officer and Group Governance, Risk and Compliance Manager

Bassel Kablawi is Chief Information Security Officer and Group Governance, Risk and Compliance Manager at Tag Systems UK, part of Austriacard Holdings. The group works in payment card issuance, digital identity and secure printing, a sector governed by strict standards because the product itself is a payment instrument: the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard imposes controls on every stage of manufacture, personalisation and delivery, and its audits are annual rather than optional. Combining the information security role with governance, risk and compliance in one post means the holder both sets the controls and proves to the auditor that they work, two faces that do not meet in every organisation.