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Leith Khanafseh

 (he/him)

Managing Partner, Assurance and Compliance Products

Leith Khanafseh

Leith founded and currently oversees the Assurance offering at Thoropass. Before Thoropass, Leith’s career spanned across a couple of the Big 4 accounting firms and Coalfire, where he performed and led information security audits for some of the world’s largest cloud service providers and SaaS platforms.

Leith holds the following certifications: Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA), Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK), Certified HITRUST Common Security Framework Practitioner (CCSFP), and Certified HITRUST Quality Professional (CHQP).

Publications

Thoropass Blog

Auditing the auditors: 8 steps to performing diligence on your biggest investment

February 1, 2024
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Thoropass Blog

The broken audit process: A call for transparency and more frictionless audits

October 5, 2023
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Leith Khanafseh

Experience

11+ years

Framework Expertise

SOC 1,

SOC 2,

HITRUST,

ISO 27001,

ISO 27701,

Compliance Experience

Performed and delivered over 1500 compliance audits and certifications

Education

Virginia Tech