Tomas Sjostrom

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About Tomas Sjostrom

President, Technology Services

"Too often businesses suffer from lack of action, execution, or decision-making. The key is to keep forward momentum and always look for improvements."

Biography

A professional technical leader with previous CEO, CIO, CISO, and CTO titles, Tomas has spent nearly 30 years working in IT compliance, management and cybersecurity in a wide range of industries and projects. At James Moore Technology Solutions he leads strategic planning and business development operations and supports his team as they provide more services and grow the company’s customer base.

Tomas has been on both the buying and selling sides of the equation, giving him a keen understanding of the balance between the right level of service and affordability. He measures his most memorable projects by the results achieved, whether it was untangling failing efforts in service delivery or pushing through with new technologies or ways of working.

Posts by Tomas Sjostrom

Cybersecurity in real estate starts with protecting wires, investor data and deal systems. Simple habits that stop fraud.

Cybersecurity in Real Estate: Protecting Transactions, Financial Data and Your Organization

By Tomas Sjostrom, CISSP | October 5, 2026
Cybersecurity in real estate comes down to protecting money and information as they move between people. Every deal runs through a long chain of buyers, sellers, lenders, title companies, attorneys, investors and property managers, and much of that coordination happens by email under tight deadlines. The most effective protections are simple habits, applied the same…
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Cybersecurity for local governments starts with essential services. Here's how to plan, train staff and find free help.

Cybersecurity for Local Governments: Preparing for an Attack That Disrupts Essential Services

By Tomas Sjostrom, CISSP | October 2, 2026
When a cyberattack hits a local government, the effects reach residents quickly. Utility payments may stop processing, permit work can stall and the records staff rely on every day can go dark. Cybersecurity for local governments comes down to protecting the services a community can’t go without, and much of the preparation happens in planning…
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Construction cybersecurity risks hit payments, schedules and shared project data. Here's what contractors should watch.

Cybersecurity in Construction: The Risks Contractors Can’t Afford to Ignore

By Tomas Sjostrom, CISSP | October 2, 2026
A cyberattack on a construction company doesn’t stay an IT problem for long. A payment can be rerouted to a fraudulent account, or a locked scheduling system can stall a project that was running on time. Construction cybersecurity starts with treating those risks as financial ones, because the controls that stop them look a lot…
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Cybersecurity for nonprofits protects donor trust and funding. Why nonprofits are targets and what leaders can do now.

Why Nonprofits Are Attractive Cyber Targets and What Leaders Should Do About It

By Tomas Sjostrom, CISSP | October 1, 2026
Donors trust a nonprofit with their payment details, and the people it serves trust it with their medical records, family circumstances and financial histories. Cybersecurity for nonprofits is about keeping that trust intact, because the same information that makes the work possible also makes an organization worth targeting. Much of the protection starts with leadership…
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HIPAA compliance and cybersecurity overlap but differ. Where healthcare organizations fall short and how to close the gap.

Beyond HIPAA: Why Compliance Doesn’t Mean Your Organization Is Cyber Secure

By Tomas Sjostrom, CISSP | October 1, 2026
A healthcare organization can maintain its policies, execute its vendor agreements and train its staff every year and still be one phishing email away from a breach. HIPAA compliance and cybersecurity overlap, but they are not interchangeable, and federal regulators keep finding the same gaps in organizations after attacks have already exposed patient records. What…
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The cost of cyber downtime for manufacturers adds up fast. Here's how to calculate a day offline and shorten the outage.

What Does Cyber Downtime Really Cost a Manufacturer?

By Tomas Sjostrom, CISSP | October 1, 2026
Manufacturers are used to measuring what it costs when a key machine goes down for a few hours. A cyberattack is a different kind of downtime, because the line, the shipping dock and the front office can all stop at the same time. The cost of cyber downtime is worth calculating now, while it’s still…
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A professional technical leader with previous CEO, CIO, CISO, and CTO titles, Tomas has spent nearly 30 years working in IT compliance, management and cybersecurity in a wide range of industries and projects. At James Moore Technology Solutions he leads strategic planning and business development operations and supports his team as they provide more services and grow the company’s customer base.

Tomas has been on both the buying and selling sides of the equation, giving him a keen understanding of the balance between the right level of service and affordability. He measures his most memorable projects by the results achieved, whether it was untangling failing efforts in service delivery or pushing through with new technologies or ways of working.