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Barry Kouns

Barry leads D´Ardenne Associates, Ltd.'s consulting services in the areas of ISO 27001 and ISO 20000. With over 25 years of experience in information security consulting, quality management and professional staffing, Barry has served the banking, insurance, financial, healthcare, software development, defense, manufacturing and aerospace industries. Barry was the lead consultant responsible for guiding the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to the first ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certification in North America. He is a skilled presenter and trainer and has contributed to numerous information security articles for leading IT, banking and financial publications. He is a BSI trainer for ISO 27001 and ISMS implementation courses and is ITIL foundation certified.