Alan Calder is a leading author on IT governance and information security issues. He is Chief Executive of IT Governance Limited, the one-stop-shop for books, tools, training and consultancy on IT governance, risk management and compliance.
Alan is an international authority on information security management and on ISO27001 (formerly BS7799), the international security standard. With colleague Steve Watkins he wrote the definitive compliance guide, IT Governance: An International Guide to Data Security and ISO27001 / ISO27002, the 5th edition of which was published in 2012. This work is based on his experience of leading the world’s first successful implementation of BS7799 (the forerunner of ISO27001) and is the basis for the UK Open University’s postgraduate course on information security.
Other books written by Alan include The Case for ISO27001 and Nine Steps to Success: An ISO27001:2013 Implementation Overview, as well as books on corporate governance and IT governance, and several pocket guides in this series.
Alan is a frequent media commentator on information security and IT governance issues, and has contributed articles and expert comment to a wide range of trade, national and online news outlets.