John Hermans

John is partner of the Amstelveen practice of KPMG IT Advisory. In his current position he is heading the Information Security Services of KPMG in Netherland, covering the following services:

• lSecurity Strategy Services
• lIT Governance, Risk and Compliance
• lTechnical Security Services
• lIdentity & Access Management
• lBusiness Continuity services

John is member of KPMG’s global leadership on Information Security as well the global lead of Identity & Access Management Services within KPMG.

Furthermore, John is leading the Cloud Computing Services within KPMG Netherlands. In this role he is responsible for (setup of) the services portfolio concerning Cloud Computing, including advisory services as well as auditing services. John is member of KPMG’s Global Cloud Enablement Program Steering Group .

Professional and industry experience 

John worked for numerous organisations in most industry sectors, such as Financial Service, Oil & Gas, Government and others. John was involved in more than 100 national and international information security projects across the world. John’s major involvements were in assisting clients in their strategy, building the business case and perform program management activities as well as quality assurance activities.

Next to being involved in information security projects, John was involved in numerous cloud computing projects in private and public sector. John’s major involvements were in assisting clients in their cloud computing strategy as well as in advising on cloud security/assurance advisory topics.