Steve Yates

Director at Acertia

Speaker

Steve is an independent resilience consultant who is a founding fellow of the Business Continuity Institute (FBCI), Certified Professional for the Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) International (CBCP), Founding Fellow of the Institute of Civil Protection & Emergency Management (FICPEM), and is a Member of the Emergency Services Society (MEPS). He is also certified as a lead auditor by the British Standards Institution (BSI) in ISO 22301:2019; Societal Security, Business Continuity Management System (BCMS), advises on ISO 27001:2013; Information Technology – Security Techniques – Information Security Management Systems (ISMS), and has been admitted to the Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists (WCIT) in recognition for his work in technology Disaster Recovery and Incident Management.

He has served in the British Military and worked in both public & private sector organizations in operational roles for BCM, Crisis Management and IT Disaster Recovery. His “hands-on” approach and experience in leading teams at all levels, includes delivery of ISO Gap Analysis, Risk Assessments (RA), Business Impact Analysis (BIA), Business Continuity Planning (BCP), Incident Response and Crisis Management, including IT Disaster Recovery (DR), advising and leading teams during major incidents.