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About the Author

Abhishek G Sharma

Founder & CEO, Move78

Abhishek is a cybersecurity and AI governance practitioner with over 20 years of experience across information security, cloud infrastructure, risk management, and regulatory compliance. He created EU AI Compass to help small and medium-sized enterprises navigate the EU Artificial Intelligence Act and organise practical AI governance records.

He is the creator of EU AI Compass, a privacy-first educational platform used by compliance officers, CTOs, DPOs, and legal counsel to understand EU AI Act obligations. The platform offers 25+ free interactive compliance tools across five categories: risk classification, deep-dive obligation analysis, governance and risk mapping, sector-specific Annex III validators, and a learning and training suite with scenario simulations. It also includes 60 educational comics and comprehensive expert analysis of the regulation.

His compliance work spans the EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI Risk Management Framework, ISO 27001, and Cloud Security Alliance frameworks. He has written extensively on the practical crosswalks between these frameworks and their application to SME compliance programs.

Professional Certifications

ISO/IEC 42001

Lead Auditor — AI Management Systems

ISO/IEC 27001

Lead Auditor — Information Security

CISA

Certified Information Systems Auditor

CISM

Certified Information Security Manager

CRISC

Certified in Risk & Information Systems Control

CEH

Certified Ethical Hacker

CCSK

Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge

CAIGO

Certified AI Governance Officer

CAIRO

Certified AI Risk Officer

Domain Expertise

EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689) ISO/IEC 42001 AI Management Systems NIST AI Risk Management Framework ISO 27001 Information Security Cloud Security (CSA CCSK) AI Governance & Risk Cybersecurity Audit Regulatory Compliance GDPR & Data Privacy

Website operator and contact

EU AI Compass is a free educational website operated by:

ABACUS24 TECHNOLOGIES (OPC) PRIVATE LIMITED(One Person Company)

Indian One Person Company
CIN: U62020MR2026OPC474356

Registered office:
Flat No. 2403, 24th Floor, Casa Eden-B, Lodha Upper Thane, Anjur, Thane, Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, India 421302

Corporate, support and grievance email: abhishek@move78int.com
Telephone: +91-9673262993
Queries and grievances: Abhishek Gajendra Sharma, Director

EU AI Compass and Move78 are websites operated by the company named above.