Neelov has over two decades of experience in the IT and Cyber Security industry and has been leading PMG’s cyber security Advisory, Audit and Consulting practice for over a decade now. Prior to building and running PMG, Neelov worked at senior executive levels in IT Program Management for IT majors such as IBM, Dell Services and Perot Systems. He currently actively audits for Certification Bodies/Registrars such as: BSI, DQS, SGS and PECB. He is also the Technical Reviewer of IT certifications for Registrar DQS

Neelov has executed over 800 security governance, risk management & compliance related consulting and/or audit assignments for Fortune 100 Companies including companies such as, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Accenture, Capgemini and others.

Neelov has extensive expertise in ISO 27001, ISO 27018, ISO 27701, ISO 20000-1, CSA STAR (Cloud Security Audit) and NIST 800-53 frameworks. He has executed several projects involving Data Privacy Impact Assessment (DPIA) and has created Data Model / Process Model to identify the impacted PII. He has executed numerous projects for GDPR/ CCPA Assessments. Neelov has also worked with several e-GRC tools such as: Archer, ServiceNow, Zen GRC, ISO-Metrics and others. Neelov holds the following certifications and credentials:

ISO 27001:2013 Lead Auditor (Information Security Management Systems), Cloud Security Alliance (CSA STAR), ISO 27701:2019 Lead Auditor (Privacy Information Management System), Certified Data Protection Officer (CDPO-GDPR), ISO 27018 Lead Auditor (PII on Cloud), ISO 20000-1:2018 Lead Auditor (Information Technology Management System), PMP (Certified Project Management Professional) and ITIL Certified from EXIN.