Milou Meier is the Director of Compliance at Merit International, a verified identification platform. She oversees the organization’s compliance and privacy programs, which includes implementation of security controls and testing against industry standards. She is passionate about building compliance programs that go beyond checking the box and focus on building a culture of compliance within an organization.
She is a licensed attorney who provides legal and compliance advisory services in data privacy, information technology, cybersecurity, enterprise risk management, international corruption, and general corporate compliance and ethics matters for companies in the U.S., E.U., U.K., and AUS. She has lead SSAE 18 SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, ISO 9001, CSA STAR, PCI DSS, HIPAA, HITRUST, NIST, CMMC, GDPR, Cyber Essentials, UK GCloud, and AUS IRAP audit assessments for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS companies. She has overseen data protection office responsibilities, managed security incident response and data breach recovery, as well as commercial contract negotiations.
Milou lives in Austin, TX with her husband, dog, and two cats, including a bengal who frequently contributes loudly to her meetings. Most recently he caused her to miss an afternoon of meetings while exploring the crawl space between the floorboards and ceiling during a home renovation.
Join Milou's session 'Modern Privacy Requires Proactive and Repeatable Action'
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