“Data Security & Compliance Pioneer”

Mathieu Gorge, the CEO, and founder of VigiTrust is a cybersecurity industry veteran, with more than two decades of experience in security and compliance globally. His drive, passion, and entrepreneurial approach have always been at the core of his strategy for his work with VigiTrust, the VigiTrust Global Advisory Board, involvement in security associations and research platforms, and his work with the French Government. VigiTrust is an award-winning Integrated Risk management (IRM) solution provider (PCI, GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, VRM) founded by Mathieu Gorge in 2003, based in Dublin, Ireland, with support offices in New York and Paris.

A team player with a truly global outlook on life and opportunities, he has always been at the forefront of security and compliance innovation. His sense of community led him to create the VigiTrust Global Advisory Board., Mathieu started the VigiTrust Global Advisory Board 8 years ago to bring together CISOs, C-Suite, Board members, regulators, law enforcement, industry, and academia in a non-commercial setting. Today, the 150 + fully signed members are joined by a community of almost 300 senior decision-makers. The Advisory Board brings together experts, researchers, security and compliance professionals, regulators, law enforcement, and other industry and domain experts. "Regional Advisory Boards" meet several times a year around the world to discuss and explore new trends, research & innovation, and the latest threat vectors in terms of Cybersecurity and regulatory compliance.

"VigiTrust has become a pioneer in GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) and has recently released the new version of its SaaS award-winning GRC tool, VigiOne."

VigiTrust has been involved in creating solutions for data security and compliance for ten years. Today VigiTrust’s portfolio includes more than 30 off-the-shelf security & compliance programs made up of more than 250 individual sections on security, compliance, and information governance, which can be mixed and matched to create bespoke curricula. VigiTrust also offers face-to-face master classes on cyber accountability for C- Level staff and Boards. Clients can even customize any course to meet their specific requirements.

VigiTrust has become a pioneer in GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) and has recently released the latest version of its GRC tool, VigiOne. VigiOne came about as a result of VigiTrust's 18 years' experience in security and compliance. The platform is designed to address the security needs and concerns of its clients, as well as their regulatory requirements.VigiTrust’s global clients use VigiOne to prepare for, validate and manage continuous compliance with legal and industry frameworks. VigiOne is a multi-award-winning proven SaaS solution covering privacy, data security, and information governance.

The security and compliance sector evolves very quickly at the best of times, so Mathieu has to keep the company’s finger on the pulse at all times. Thanks to The VigiTrust Global Advisory Board helps achieve this; it provides the VigiTrust team with a unique insight into the state of the industry from a technical, regulatory, and research perspective. "A lot is going on in Machine Learning, AI, and Quantum, not forgetting blockchain. VigiTrust is involved in a few innovation projects with research partners globally and aims at delivering new innovative solutions to clients and partners at all times," says Mathieu.

Accor and VigiTrust help thousands of hotels to achieve and maintain PCI DSS compliance, as outlined in a case study by the PCI Council. The platform allows Accor's PCI DSS team to collaboratively assist each property in their PCI-compliance effort. The overall PCI DSS team can collaboratively help small merchants. VigiTrust, for its part, works with Accor to provide support to hotels, while multiple QSAs, working with Accor at various hubs, connect to the platform to carry out preparation work, assist with hotel compliance, document site visits, conduct gap analyses, manage evidence collection and remediation work, and conduct QSA assessments.

VigiTrust will continue to innovate and address the ever-evolving legal and industry standards landscape regarding data protection and compliance for the days to come. The VigiTrust Advisory Board will continue to monitor the security and compliance environment continuously. "VigiTrust is currently integrating AI and ML, as well as blockchain, into the 2021 roadmap," adds Mathieu. IE