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About our CEO.

Thirty years in information security, as CISO and as Chief Compliance Officer — before advising anyone else on either.

Paige T. Needling, CEO of Needling Worldwide
Paige T. Needling
Chief Executive Officer
CISA · PMP · ITIL
ISO Certified Lead Auditor
27001 · 22301 · 20000 · 9001
Security Professional
of the Year · ISSA 2023

Paige is a 30-year infosec veteran and former CISO and CCO. She leads the company and is directly involved in client success. She has been featured as one of the Game Changers in Information Security by HUB Magazine, as well as appeared in Compliance Weekly and other publications. She is a prominent speaker at ISSA, ISACA and IIA conferences.

Prior to Needling Worldwide, Paige served as Chief Compliance Officer and Global Director of Information Security and Compliance for Recall Holdings, CISO for OneAmerica Financial Services, Director of Data Privacy and Information Management for IHG, and other senior management roles. She has led the efforts for multiple organizations in achieving ISO 27001, ISO 20000, SOC, and NIST compliance and certifications globally.

Paige has held several key roles within information security, compliance and data privacy for organizations like The Coca-Cola Company, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, InterContinental Hotels Group and other Fortune 500 companies.

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