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Yusuf BalogunFounder & CEO
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Yusuf Balogun, Founder and CEO
Founder and CEO of MarkDrever. Enterprise technology consulting, IT service management, ServiceNow, IT governance and business transformation.
Balogun explains technology risk in plain terms for business, general and trade audiences. He speaks to why controls fail when they live outside the workflow, how governance becomes a daily discipline, and what AI and automation mean for the way organizations are run and overseen. He is equally at home with a platform team or a board.
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Based in
Trenton, New Jersey
Availability
Remote, or in person in the New York–New Jersey–Philadelphia region
Approved short bio · about 90 words
Yusuf Balogun is the Founder and CEO of MarkDrever, the Trenton, New Jersey IT security, compliance and technology consulting firm. His background is enterprise technology consulting and business process transformation, with a focus on IT service management, ServiceNow enterprise solutions, IT governance, process optimization and Agile delivery. He believes meaningful transformation requires strategic vision, strong governance, operational discipline and a deep understanding of people and process, and he speaks on building security controls into the workflow, governing AI and automation, and turning compliance into an everyday operating discipline.
We never name clients, or confirm that an organization is a client, without its written consent. Project descriptions on our website are anonymized.
Boilerplate
About MarkDrever, ready to paste.
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Short · about 70 words
About MarkDrever
MarkDrever LLC is an IT security, compliance and technology consulting firm incorporated in Trenton, New Jersey. MarkDrever delivers compliance, cloud security engineering, offensive security and IT services to organizations that are regulated, audited and attacked. Founded by Yusuf Balogun, the firm works through three practices: Financial Services Security & Compliance; AI Governance, Cloud & Digital Trust; and Offensive Security & Enterprise Resilience. Learn more at www.markdrever.com.
Full · about 130 words
About MarkDrever
MarkDrever LLC, incorporated in Trenton, New Jersey, is a technology, compliance, consulting, cloud security engineering and IT services firm. MarkDrever helps banks, payment companies, SaaS and AI providers, healthcare organizations, public bodies and operators of critical infrastructure design, secure and evidence the systems their business depends on. Its three practices (Financial Services Security & Compliance; AI Governance, Cloud & Digital Trust; and Offensive Security & Enterprise Resilience) cover 35 service lines, including PCI DSS, SOC 1 and SOC 2 readiness, ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 42001, FedRAMP, CMMC, HITRUST, DORA, SWIFT CSCF, cloud security architecture and penetration testing. The firm was founded by Yusuf Balogun, its Founder and CEO, and every engagement is led by a senior practitioner who does the work. Learn more at www.markdrever.com.
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Everything our spokespeople say is on the record unless background or not-for-attribution terms are agreed by email before the conversation starts. We may record interviews for accuracy and will tell you when we do.
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We never name a client or confirm an engagement without the client’s written consent. We do not comment on active incidents at named organizations or speculate on attribution. We will explain how an attack works, what the relevant standard requires and what defenders should do next.
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MarkDrever prepares organizations for the assessments, audits and authorizations that independent assessors, CPA firms, 3PAOs and certification bodies perform, and we engineer and test the controls those bodies examine. Please describe our role in those terms.
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We reply the same business day to requests received by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and first thing the next business morning after that. For a tight deadline, put URGENT and the deadline in your subject line to media@markdrever.com, then call 551-429-9103.
Will you comment on a breach or cyberattack in the news?
We do not comment on active incidents at named organizations or speculate on who is responsible. We will explain how that type of attack works, what the relevant standards require and what other organizations should check now.
Can you name clients or put us in touch with one?
Not without the client’s written consent, which we request only when a client has said it is open to press contact. We can talk about representative engagements in anonymized form.
Is Yusuf Balogun available for broadcast, podcasts and live segments?
Yes. Balogun is available remotely, or in person in the New York–New Jersey–Philadelphia region, for recorded and live formats. Send the format, running time and recording date with your request.
Where can I get the logo, photographs and an approved bio?
The approved bio and boilerplate are on this page. High-resolution logo files and executive photographs are available on request from media@markdrever.com.
Does MarkDrever speak at conferences and industry events?
Yes. Send the event name, date, location, audience, session format and topic to media@markdrever.com. We confirm availability within two business days.
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