Mark Adams

Mark Adams, CISM, CISA, CISSP, CRISC, brings more than 20 years of enterprise and advisory experience building and leading cybersecurity initiatives, IT controls and compliance programs across many industries. He currently serves as director in Weaver’s consulting team focused on IT security and compliance, pulling from prior Big Four and industry experience.

Mark has led various SOX compliance initiatives, implemented governance, risk and compliance solutions and strengthened information security programs. His background includes overseeing IT risk assessments, designing technical security architectures, managing regulatory compliance reviews and investigating incidents such as data breaches and ransomware attacks. Mark has also built security and compliance functions from the ground up, including programs for GDPR, CCPA, NIST, PCI DSS and IT SOX.

Mark is a certified information security manager (CISM), certified information security auditor (CISA), and he is certified in risk and information systems control by the ISACA. He earned a Master of Science in information technology from Western Governors University and a Bachelor of Science in economics from Texas Tech University. He recently obtained a certificate in strategic AI from Houston Christian University.