As Practice Director, Lyons oversees cybersecurity audit and assessment operations, and is responsible for Assurance and Compliance project services with 360 Advanced. Before joining 360 Advanced, Lyons worked for the CPA firm of Lurie, LLP as a Manager in the Technology Consulting division, where he managed various IT attestation and security-related consulting engagements. His main focus over the past 15 years has been performing SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 2 +, SOC 3, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and HITRUST CSF examinations/assessments in a large range of industries, including government, third-party administration providers, telecom, healthcare, data center and cloud services, employee benefits, payroll processing insurance, and many others. He also has experience in IT Risk Assessments, CSA STAR, SSPA, SOX, NCUA, NIST 800-53, FISMA, FedRAMP, CCPA, GDPR, CMMC, GLBA, PIPEDA, IT Strategic Planning, and Continuity Planning engagements.

Lyons has garnered over 18 years’ worth of IT security knowledge, completed training with multiple recognized security organizations, sits on the HITRUST Authorized External Assessor Council and Quality Subcommittee, and has achieved and maintained a list of industry-recognized security designations.