Jim Hart
Chief Information Security Officer @Paymentology
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WORK HISTORY
Chief Information Security Officer @Paymentology
London, GB
As Chief Information Security Officer at Paymentology, I lead global cybersecurity strategy and execution across a modern, cloud-native payments infrastructure. With over 25 years of experience driving secure transformation in fintech, banking, and large-scale enterprises, I bring a pragmatic, risk-driven approach to aligning security with business growth.At Paymentology—a global issuer-processor operating in over 50 countries—I’m responsible for safeguarding sensitive payment systems and customer data, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards such as PCI DSS, ISO27001, and GDPR, while preparing for the next frontier of challenges, including quantum-resistance and AI governance.I’m passionate about embedding security into the heart of engineering culture, enabling secure DevOps, and ensuring scalable resilience across multi-cloud environments. My focus is on delivering measurable risk reduction, establishing a security-first culture, driving executive engagement, and building high-performing security functions that support innovation without friction.Paymentology is the leading next-generation issuer processor, empowering fintechs, digital banks and retail banks to effortlessly launch and manage innovative payment solutions on a global scale. The company drives greater customer choice and value through easy-to-use, integrated platforms and services that help clients to disrupt the status quo, accelerate time to market, and achieve growth. With a superior multi-cloud platform offering a vast global footprint, and enhanced real-time data, Paymentology distinguishes itself as a leader in the payments industry. Its team of payments experts, with deep local market knowledge, operates across 14 time zones, providing 24/7 support. Paymentology is deeply committed to expanding financial inclusion globally, changing lives and positively impacting the communities in which it operates.
EDUCATION
University of York
BS, Computational Physics
SKILLS
ABOUT JIM HART
As an innovative, analytical and results-driven CISO, I have extensive experience in information technology, with direct oversight delivering large critical security transformation projects and serving as a senior-level advisor for scale-ups and larger enterprises.I leverage my extensive knowledge of cyber threats and their impact on the organization to define and execute pragmatic and effective security strategy, vision and operating models, while engaging with cost-effective technology partners to safeguard business assets and people from a diverse range of cyber threats.I am accustomed to leading in complex hybrid and cloud environments of multi-national companies, including banking, fintech, services and manufacturing industries. I create streamlined security functions with a low-friction CI/CD pipeline process, ready to deliver real business value and overcome security challenges.Some recent key accomplishments include creating a secure, best-in-class and GDPR compliant cloud-native payment services platform for several major global banking institutions, leading the EMEA cyber security practice for a global IT services company as well as executing a major security transformation initiative for a Nordic-based payment processing company.My goal is to enable and secure the innovation and growth of my clients in the digital economy.
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