Testimonials
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“Had a great experience learning with Abilene Academy, it has been an extremely long time since I have attended an external formal training outside of the business organization I work in. I found this training to be truly beneficial for me to attend. the overall delivery of the co...”
Tracey Gillett
Crisis and Operations Management
TUI
“Henri and Alexis conducted a focused, intensive four-day ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer Course of immediate relevance to The Global Fund. Participants representing both IT and Risk are now better prepared to design and operationise a corporate ISMS.”
Andreas Tamberg
Senior advisors enterprise risk management
The Global Fund
“Another stellar training course run by Abilene, thank you for the outstanding organization and logistics. The PECB training material is very rich, well presented with clear explanations and notes.”
Simon Baynes
BCMS Manager
MSC MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY SA
“The ISO 22301 training course provided a clear and easy to understand baseline in BCMS. The course was particularly useful as it was tailored to my organization and illustrated real world examples. ”
Andrew Hallock
Coordination officer
International Atomic Energy Agency
“Overall enjoyable training. To the point end trainer kept clear focused.”
Stephane Di Bari
Service operations manager
UNICC
“Fantastic trainer, interesting material, 10/10 would certify again.”
Deniz Hansen
Senior advisor
Deloitte DK
“An informative and very well structured course, led by a highly competent instructor who included a great amount of practical tips on how to implement business continuity within the organization.”
Laura Landi Degen
BCM manager
F. Hoffmann-La Roche
“We attended the three-day training as a preparation to the CISM exam. The discussions and real examples given got us more than just an understanding of the material and more in-depth thinking of the security issues an organization might face. ”
Rania Abou Chakra
Head, IT Strategy, Governance and Chief Information Security Officer
GAVI Alliance
“I recently had the opportunity to attend the Lead Crisis Manager training, and I must say it exceeded my expectations in every way. Although the training was conducted online, the structure, delivery, and depth of content made it incredibly engaging and beneficial. One of the sta...”
Waleed Al Mahrizi
Manager HO Security and HSE
OQ Group
“Thank you for an excellent contextualized delivery of the training. The trainer's experience and knowledge is impressive.”
Natalia Coscodan
Course participant
SAP
“I recently completed the ISO27001 Foundation course delivered by Abilene Academy and I must say it was an exceptional experience. The course was well-structured and Alexis, the instructor was very knowledgeable and engaging. The course content was comprehensive and covered all th...”
Ioana Dinu
Group Security Event and Transport Manager
Richemont
“Henri perfectly filled in the gaps in our knowledge and tailored the course contents to our difficult schedules, many thanks !”
Simon Baynes
BCMS manager
MSC MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY SA
“I would like to sincerely thank Abilene Academy for the excellent training experience. The instructors demonstrated deep expertise and were always open to questions and discussions, which created a very engaging and professional learning atmosphere. The content was relevant, up-t...”
Tatiana Skripkar
Security Risk Manager
EMCD
“Overall, very good and the trainer was knowledgeable and easy to get along with.”
Michael Jacobs
Director, Chief Compliance Officer & MLRO
ebay
“Informative learning and well delivered. ”
Richard Thiga Kangethe
Animal Health Technician
IAEA
“I recently had the opportunity to attend the Lead Crisis Manager training, and I must say it exceeded my expectations in every way. Although the training was conducted online, the structure, delivery, and depth of content made it incredibly engaging and beneficial. One of the sta...”
Waleed Al Mahrizi
Manager HO Security and HSE
OQ Group
“The ISO Lead Auditor training with Abilene (PECB) was highly engaging and well-structured. The combination of presentations and videos made the experience very interactive, almost like attending a live course. The only aspect I missed was the informal interaction during coffee br...”
Gil Bruno Faustino
Global Quality Director
Gutor
“Very useful, as always. ”
Andreas Tamberg
Senior advisors enterprise risk management
The Global Fund
“The course is well organized, very rich in terms of "cases" presented during the course and exercises.”
Massimo Solari
Lead, Compliance and Audit, IT
The Global Fund
“The course was very beneficial, the material, the examples used to demonstrate use cases and scenarios. The instructor's knowledge was up to the level of expectations. The course is very useful to guide employees what needs to be planed, implemented, tracked and reported either b...”
Sumayya AlMheiri
Course participant
Yahsat
“With AI becoming increasingly more prevalent in our business, it is essential to understand AIMS to the ISO standard. Alexis did a fantastic job teaching us using real life scenarios, which really cemented our understanding of the materials. I highly recommend this course and the...”
Mark Makarem
Senior Legal Counsel
momentum
“The course was informative and interesting and provided in the right depth of what was needed to understand and to be able to apply what was learnt. The instructor used examples from his own experience which made the content more real and valuable while making it easier to unders...”
Nicolette Seyffert
IAM Programme manager
IAEA
“A good certification course that allowed for in-depth discussions that not only ensured I passed the exam but also provided applicable knowledge for my daily work. The instructor was very knowledgeable in related areas, that he could draw synergies from.”
Jon R. Johansen
Information Technology Manager
CEPI
“It was excellent experience ! ”
Saurabh Mukherjee
Head Digital Strategy & Transformation - AI Governance - CyberSecurity & Assurance - Data Protection
CEPI
“Great learning experience and new thought- provoking ideas for Business Continuity Implementation. I enjoyed the session from beginning to end.”
Aba Asante-Koranchie
Course participant
IAEA
“The course was presented in a professional manner by a highly knowledgeable expert. Though the content was too much to fit in 4 days, all relevant and most important topics were covered. I propose an additional 1/2 day to allow for more exercises. The classes were informative, in...”
Doreen Araka
Unit Head - Projects and Technical Support
IAEA
“Really appreciated the extended knowledge and experience of the trainer, who provided valuable insights, examples taken from his experience and useful resources. Interactions with other participants also added value to the training. I really enjoyed it and strongly recommend it.”
Emmanuel Lorang
Senior Risk Consultant
LRNG Risk Consulting
“Thank you to the Abilene Academy, Henri Haenni and the team for delivering for a highly relevant, engaging and rewarding training experience that will undoubtedly contribute to my professional development needs. I anticipate further engagement with Abilene in the future.”
Ross Graham
Crisis Management Consultant
GAVI
“I found the ISO 28000 Lead Implementer course to be highly professionalizing with comprehensive material, exhaustive explanations tailored to the market sectors of the people involved in training, and with admixture of other management systems/guidelines. Highly recommended.”
Francesca Natale
Supply Chain Security Manager
u-blox
“The training with Abilene was very interesting and interactive. After a full day, I was able to better understand what kind of work needs to be done and why, to become 27001 certified. Now the journey towards certification can begin...”
Frédéric Giust
Head of Technology & Operations
ISO
“I wholeheartedly recommend Abilene Academy to anyone seeking a top-tier educational experience for ISO 9001. The academy's commitment to excellence, and supportive environment make it a standout choice. My time there has been nothing short of transformative, and I am confident th...”
Maria Fahmi
Course participant
Centre Médical Diamant
“Very useful learning, concrete enough and added by relevant examples. The participation from the classroom was good.”
Maria Iacovone
Head of Digital and Technology
CEPI
“The skills and resources provided by ABILENE ACADEMY were the ingredients of my success! Therefore, ABILENE ACADEMY is the undisputed leader in crisis management training.”
Laurent Tschopp
Vice President
Pictet Group
“I recently had the pleasure the attend the 27001 Lead Implementer training program in Abilene, and I must say it was a very nice experience. From the moment I arrived, I was greeted with warmth and friendliness that instantly put me at ease. The professionalism of the instructors...”
Raphaël Havelka
Senior Information Security Officer
IMD
“I have very much enjoyed the learning experience. This training, though a dry subject, allowed creativity, reflection, collaboration, exchange of ideas and experience. I feel that I have mastered the topic now.”
Anne Jona
Associate General Services Officer
UN Climate Change
“Overall, it was a good training, the trainer has expertise on the subject and it was a good preparation for the exam.”
Guillaume Nicaise
Senior Governance and Integrity Specialist
Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI)
“The experience was good largely because Henri was able to use real life examples to illustrate effective and less effective the ISO 31000.”
Ian Seagrave
Category Lead Software & Cloud Services
Novartis
“An excellent investment of my time over the last 3 days. The trainer was attentive, knowledgeable, inclusive & super helpful with all questions I had. I would highly recommend this course and the training provider. Who knew risk management could be this engaging! Thank you!”
Susie Ansary
Global Head BCM & NEM R&D
Novartis
“The overall experience was positive, useful and so far, my expectation were met.”
Moe Abrams
Director, Information Security Governance, Risk & Compliance
PwC
“Abilene Academy is the perfect supporting and professional partner for the training and certifications journey.”
Maura Santunione
Business Continuity Officer
Philips
“The course was run very well with excellent discussions around the meanings of the modifications to the standard. The instructor is clearly very experienced in the standard and was able to keep the pace consistent throughout whilst ensuring that those with less experience were ab...”
Duncan Anderson
Security Officer
SonarSource
“Our company's Corporate Compliance Team (four staff members) followed the ISO 37301 Lead Implementer training provided by Abilene and presented by Mr. Haenni. It was a very good mix of theoretical concepts presentations and examples as well as real-life stories explained by Mr. H...”
Guillaume Boppe
Deputy Head of Corporate Compliance Management
Skyguide
“A very well put and organized course, with great presentations, explanations and overviews. If every course was like this, we would be able to educate the whole planet in no time!”
Michal Ambrozkiewicz
Course participant
GAVI
“The trainer was very well prepared and introduced the material in an interactive and interesting way. The overall organization was great - from study materials through coffee breaks.”
Rumen Stefanov
Independent Consultant: ISO 22301, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, ISO 9001
GAVI
“When it comes to ISO 27001 training, without any hesitation I can bet that Abilene as the BEST in Romandie region.”
Phani SRIPADA
Chief Information Security Officer
GAVI
“This PECB ISO/IEC 17025 training was comprehensive with a planning sequence/flow for effective implementation of a LMS. Exposure to best practices in each topic covered was definitely an asset.”
Ray-Anne Shaw Phillips
Head Analytical Services Laboratory
Scientific Research Council
“Abilene Academy offered my a convenient and effective self study option to advance my capacities in the field of business continuity management. I can apply the knowledge and skills gained to work with organizations facing business disruptions from Covid19 and the Russian attack ...”
Andreas Tamberg
Senior advisors enterprise risk management
The Global Fund
“I particularly enjoyed Henri's style in managing the course. He offered the keys to really understand the various topics and to focus and pay attention to what is important. During the course he shared additional material: videos, graphs and links to interesting articles on the w...”
Michela Bertani Jequier
Head of Business Continuity
ICRC
“This is my second training the Abilene Advisors and Henri, and for the second time I finished the training and the course with a smile on my face and passed the exam shortly after on the first go.”
Maj Britt Arberg
Senior Manager
PwC
“Le Self-Study, une formule parfaite pour la validation des acquis, à son propre rythme!”
Emmanuel Lorang
Senior Risk Consultant
LRNG Risk Consulting
“I have attended ISO 27001 Lead Implementer Course which was very effective and within 4 days it has covered important elements.”
Phani Sripada
Chief Information Security Officer
GAVI
“It was very good and well presented by the instructor who has not only the theoretical knowledge but has tons of practical experience to share with the participants.”
Puspak Barua
Head of Information Technology Unit
IAEA
“Alexis is a very good teacher. He has a very great knowledge, which he can present combined with very good examples from practice. Even if you have specific questions about a topic, they are explained very well with practical examples and the student so understandable.”
Remo Bianchi
Presales manager
Kudelski Security
“Overall, satisfied. ”
Narendiran Chandrasekaran
Head of Application Security
Nagravision
“Alexis knows the subject very well and manages to keep the training pleasant and lively. I especially enjoyed listening about his personal stories about working as an auditor and the many cases he encountered.”
Josselin Le Galludec
Senior Compliance Officer
JCB Europe
“Loved my experience working with Abilene Advisors. They offered professional and top quality services at all time, making the whole learning process enjoyable, flexible and interesting. Highly recommend !”
Hourad Afsar
Founder / CEO
UGR Consulting
“Excellent updated material. Even built for real live trainingsit fitted very well for self-study. Recommended.”
Luca Fiorentini
Executive Manager / Owner
TECSA S.r.l.
“I attended several PECB courses and I can say that they are always complete and very well prepared, based on updated material. Reseller commitment is also very noticeable. A great combination to build on effective community of professionals.”
Luca Fiorentini
Executive Manager / Owner
TECSA S.r.l.
“I find it very useful and relevant in views of the changing scenarios and environment we operate in.”
Ben Aroso
Course participant
IAEA
“The ISO 22301 Lead Implementer Course sets the stage for us to successfully implement a business continuity strategy for The Global Fund … a great investment !”
Andreas Tamberg
Senior advisors enterprise risk management
The Global Fund
“Great training with dynamic and highly knowledgeable professional trainers !”
Steven Ramsden
Chief Security Officer
The Global Fund
“Alexis is a good teacher / trainer, it'd be great to see others teaching like him.”
Nacho Franco
Cloud System Expert
Nagravision
“The Training Academy can benefit risk and information security managers in both public and private sectors to improve their organizations’ ability to meet their goals. The trainers are top notch and the venues, highly conducive to learning. Highly recommended!”
Andreas Tamberg
Senior advisors enterprise risk management
The Global Fund
“The Training Academy can benefit risk and information security managers in both public and private sectors to improve their organizations’ ability to meet their goals. The trainers are top notch and the venues, highly conducive to learning. Highly recommended!”
Andreas Tamberg
Senior advisors enterprise risk management
The Global Fund
“Constructive / Realistic Overview of the ISO 22301 standard Allowing effective implementation into our organization.”
Dirk Vande Velde
Course participant
MSC MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY SA
“Constructive / Realistic Overview of the ISO 22301 standard Allowing effective implementation into our organization.”
Dirk Vande Velde
Course participant
MSC MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY SA
“As a training Academy, it has been very useful, including the interaction with the rest of the participants and the professor with whom you could discuss and analyze how BC is in your field of work. As a young BCM, I found it very interesting, the material which I will use during...”
Elizabeth Vazquez
Course participant
Santander
“Henri is a good trainer and an experienced professional, willing to share tips and knowledge that went beyond the course material. This was very useful for me.”
Philip Meulenberghs
Course participant
Council of Europe
“Great course. A lot of interesting additional information.”
Steven Ramsden
Course participant
The Global Fund
“I recommend this training for anyone looking to do a first experience as an ISO 27001 Internal Auditor.”
Claudia Wolf
Course participant
Nagravision
“I attended the ISO 22301 Lead Auditor course with Henri Haenni. Course was very informative with deep dive to the topic of Business Continuity in a very friendly atmosphere.”
Sergiy Tabolin
Course participant
Solera
“I highly recommend Henri Haenni as a teacher for Business Continuity. The material was presented on very professional way. Exhaustive answers were given to the additional questions, with the appropriate examples.”
Diana Zhmud
Course participant
Solera
“Course was really helpful and provided good guidance as have to implement & ensure adherence to GDPR guidelines.”
Astrid Wyss
Course participant
Redsen Consulting
“The training touches both theoretical and practical application of Business Continuity. Well done!”
Orlando Ventura
Course participant
UNICC
“CISM training is an excellent opportunity to get to know the whole structure behind security protocols and risk analysis management.”
Samuel Moran
Course participant
Nagravision
“The teacher was clearly a subject matter expert in all aspects of the GDPR. I enjoyed the comments and explications, and the interaction between students.”
Francis Van der Staey
Course participant
Radar Risk
“I did really appreciate the training on the whole, particularly the methodology and the trainer.”
Matteo Basso
Course participant
Depuy Synthes
“I had a great time at Abilene Academy, both trainers were very interesting people not stingy on funny stories and anecdotes.”
Fares Sassi
IT Business Analyst
Novative
“A brilliant overview and good instructor. ”
Troels Vestergaard
COO; Risk Advisory Cyber
Deloitte DK
“Excellent course, to really understand what most important areas is to focus on for successful ISO 27001 certification.”
Steven Ramsden
Course participant
The Global Fund
“I had the pleasure of benefiting from Henri’s professionalism in 2015, when he delivered a Business Continuity course I attended. I found him to be a highly capable and extremely knowledgeable trainer who generously shared his experience with all candidates.”
Nasser Al Yaarubi
Nasser Al Yaarubi
Oman Oil Company Exploration & Production LLC
“The ISO 22301 training course was highly interactive and well structured. Henri explained the content with excellent real world examples and how to implement business continuity in our organizations.”
Neveen Barada
Presales Solutions Architect
Dell
“My learning experience with Abilene Academy was really successful in terms of understanding the complexity of an ISMS and in planning its implementation. I strongly recommend Abilene for those who want to acquire or improve their skills on how an ISMS works effectively!”
Alessia Costa
QA Manager Administration and Directorate
EUMETSAT
“The course was very interesting and useful. Thank you for having answered all my questions. I definitely go back with some new competencies to help me in my day-to-day activity.”
David Casado
Compliance Officer
Luxair
“Abilene helped me to get the dots connected in the complex framework of ISO 37001.”
Davide Vazzari
Course participant
KPMG
“Henri is a good trainer and an experienced professional, willing to share tips and knowledge that went beyond the course material. This was very useful for me.”
Aida Pascu
Security Officer
Council of Europe
“A very dynamic course, with clear guidance and good material that will definitely help me continue with my compliance and risk management activities.”
Daniel Arias
Risk Mgmt. ERM, Strategy, Business Continuity, Compliance & Data Privacy
IATA
“The ISO 27001 Lead Auditor training is an enormous value add, whether you just start with auditing or if you are a seasoned auditor.”
Benjamin Williams
Senior Information Technology Auditor
Philips
“The course taught by Henri was complete. He provided good real-world examples that complemented the course, took the extra time to respond to all on questions.”
Alfredo Gonzalez
IT Manager to Head of IT
PSA Panama
“The training was practical and helpful to use in daily implementation of the risk management standard ISO 31000. I can recommend this course for people who need to implement ISO 31000 in their company.”
Stefan Michlig
Head of group risk management
Swisscom
“Henri presented this dry topic in an interesting and funny way. Thanks to his immense experience he could explain theoretical topics in using practical examples. ”
Roberto Grosso-Ciponte
Senior risk & insurance manager
Nestlé
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