Mathieu is the CEO and Founder of VigiTrust, providing Integrated Risk Management (IRM) SaaS solutions to clients
in 120 countries across various industries. Mathieu helps CEOs, CXOs, and Boards of directors handle cyber accountability challenges through good cyber hygiene and proactive cybersecurity compliance programs. Mathieu believes in constantly updating his methodology, the 5 Pillars of Security Framework™, to ensure it addresses the latest security and compliance regulations and newest security threats. He is a Featured Forbesbooks author, innovator, and in-demand speaker.
Mathieu is a multi-award winning CEO and an established authority on IT security, information governance and risk management, with more than 20 years international experience. He is in high demand as a speaker at international security conferences, such as RSA, ISSA and ISACA. Mathieu’s areas of expertise include PCI DSS, GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, VRM and ISO 27001. Mathieu has been involved in extensive security research and collaborative programs. He regularly moderates and speaks at security events organized by ISACA, ISSA (Global Web Conference Committee). He has completed extended research work in the areas of risk assessment & management, payment card security (as part of Special Interest Groups of the PCI Council), secure printing, data storage & archiving.
Mathieu also served as the Chairman of Infosecurity Ireland and acted as an Official Reviewer for ANSI. He is the founder of the PCI DSS European Roadshow, running since 2011. Mathieu is also the Chairman of the VigiTrust Global Advisory Board, a noncommercial information security and risk management think tank for CxOs, researchers, law enforcement and security, compliance and risk management experts with 150+ international members.
Mathieu regularly writes for Computerweekly, TechTarget, Searchsecurity.com, ISACA, Searchstorage.com, Computer Fraud & Security, SC Magazine, ISSA Journal and is a contributor to many security and compliance blogs and newsletters.
In 2021, the French government awarded Mathieu the rank of Knight of the National Order of Merit (Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite)
