About the Author

Abhishek G Sharma

Founder & CEO, Move78 International Limited

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 founded Move78 International Limited in Hong Kong to help small and medium-sized enterprises navigate the EU Artificial Intelligence Act and build practical, audit-ready AI governance programs.

He is the creator of EU AI Compass, a privacy-first educational tool used by compliance officers, CTOs, DPOs, and legal counsel to understand EU AI Act obligations. The platform includes a 12-question Compliance Checker, risk classification quiz, 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