As Founder and President of BARR Advisory, Brad Thies leads all aspects of the organization’s global client service delivery and security assessment services including SOC, ISO, PCI, NIST and HIPAA examinations, and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) consulting services. Under Brad’s leadership, BARR has become one of the most sought-after third-party assessors and CISO advisors in the cloud computing space – serving high-growth startups to Fortune 1000 companies in the most regulated industries including technology, financial services, healthcare and government. Brad’s specialty is in helping cloud service providers assess, design and implement processes and controls to meet customer, regulatory and compliance requirements.