About Iseo Blue | ISO 27001 and IT Governance Support

Hello, I’m Alan.

I’ve spent 30 years in IT learning what does and doesn’t work.

I help growing technology companies achieve ISO 27001 certification — quickly, confidently, and without unnecessary bureaucracy.

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Professional Background

With more than 30 years in IT — including roles in project management, IT governance, and a period as Chief of Staff to the CEO of a technology firm — I understand how information security fits into real-world operations and growth.

Over the past decade, I’ve specialised in ISO 27001, guiding dozens of organisations through successful audits and helping small, fast-moving tech teams embed practical, certifiable controls.

CISMP (Certificate in Information Security Management Principles) — British Computer Society
30 + years in IT & governance roles
Dozens of successful ISO 27001 audits completed
ISO 27001 Toolkit downloaded 5,000 + times worldwide
Clients across finance, education, and technology sectors

My Story

I started my IT career with a passion for computing. I turned that into a Degree in Information Systems and found some early roles as a Help Desk support analyst in the mid-90s.

I thrived on helping resolve issues and got a real buzz from moving people from IT frustration to elation.

As the years began to roll by, I was mentored by some great people and finally offered a role as a Help Desk Manager. From there, my teams quickly grew to include Desktop Build and 2nd Line Support.

Opportunities took me to new organisations, where I continued to run teams and learn how to implement processes and projects. Informally at first, and then I started to obtain the formal qualifications in ITIL 3 Expert Level and PRINCE2 Practioner. This gave me an invaluable framework.

I was starting to be recognised as processed-focused and a safe pair of hands for delivery. This led to an opportunity in 2011 to start putting all I’d trained for and experienced into action more formally as an IT Governance Manager. This in turn led me to a role as Chief of Staff in a £14m turnover company.

Since 2016, I’ve been contracting and consulting under my company Iseo Blue (Iseo is a lake in Italy where I went on my honeymoon and prounanced ‘Is-Ey-Oh’). Delivering projects and helping with governance across several organisations. Each time is different, and there are no easy magic answers, but I see what works better in certain circumstances and where failure to act will end in disaster.

I’m great at taking the complex and making it simple.

I excel at avoiding pitfalls.

3 Facts

My dog is a working cocker spaniel and the weirdest creature on this planet. He’s my best friend.

I live in Berkshire, United Kingdom, with my family.

I have a wife I love very much and two boys who amaze me daily in many ways.