His main focus is expanding the Security Operations & compliance advisory. Prior to joining Block Ledger, Abbas was a managing partner at Adhere Inc and had experience in risk management consulting and has worked as Subject Matter Expert for different Federal agencies including the US Department of Labor, Library of Congress and Department of Transportation, where he led a cybersecurity team. His teams advised clients on Risk Management, Security, Compliance, Incident Management, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, NIST, FISMA and FedRAMP. He is certified in various technologies including CISSP, CRISC, CISM, CCSK, ITIL, Cisco, and Microsoft and holds a BS in Computer Science.