
Gavin D'Alton acts as Director of Technology Risk & Control for the EMEA region at Coinbase. Gavin has twenty years experience working in Information Security, Technology Risk and Data Privacy for a wide variety of organisations across a variety of sector including government agencies, banks and payment institutions, multinationals and financial companies. Gavin holds a B.A. from University College Dublin, and a Post Graduate Diploma from the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, Dublin and has been formally accredited as Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), as a Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA) and as a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). Gavin has also achieved formal designation as a Payment Card Industry (PCI) Qualified Security Assessor (QSA). Specialties: SKILLS & EXPERIENCE • Cyber Risk management • Operational Risk Management • Information Risk Management • Web Application Security • Penetration Testing & Vulnerability Assessment • Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI - DSS) Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) • Secure Coding • Digital Forensics • Electronic Discovery • IT / IS Security Audit • ISO 27001 / 27002 / 27005 • Data Protection & Privacy • COBIT
coinbase.com
bsigroup.com
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bsi.group
globalpayments.com
cubic3.com
mazars.com
Ireland
Director, Technology Risk & Control, EMEA
Coinbase
• www.linkedin.com/company/coinbase
• Full-time
Feb 2025 - Present
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Head of IT & Security
Cubic Telecom
• www.linkedin.com/company/cubic3connectivity
• Full-time
Jan 2024 - Feb 2025
County Dublin, Ireland
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Canada Life Group Insurance
• www.linkedin.com/company/canada-life-group-insurance
• Full-time
Feb 2018 - Mar 2024
Dublin, Ireland
Senior Manager - Information Governance
BSI
• www.linkedin.com/company/bsi
Mar 2017 - Jan 2018
Cyber Security & Information Resilience
Senior manager - Information Governance
Espion Group
• www.linkedin.com/company/bsi-cyber-consulting
Mar 2015 - Mar 2017
Dublin Ireland
Head of Risk & Audit
Realex Payments
• www.linkedin.com/company/global-payments
Apr 2013 - Mar 2015
Dublin, Ireland