Alex Santiago

Alex is a member of AAFCPAs’ Business Process & IT Consulting Practice, responsible for providing information risk management, cybersecurity, and special IT attestation solutions.

As a key member of AAFCPAs’ IT Security team, Alex helps clients identify risks from the use of technology that could potentially cause information loss or financial or reputational harm. He performs vulnerability and penetration tests, phishing campaigns using social engineering, configuration assessments, and evaluates infrastructure operations & regulatory compliance.

He assists AAFCPAs’ financial statement audit teams in executing IT General Controls Audits, including assessing software controls, physical hardware controls, computer operations controls, data security controls, controls over the systems implementation process, and administrative controls. He leverages the insight gained from these assessments to provide suggestions for system security, data privacy, or system integrations that enhance efficiency.

Prior to joining AAFCPAs, Alex gained 10+ years of hands-on experience in IT services as well as 11 years of experience as an Application Administrator/Staff Sergeant in the US Marine Corps.

Education

• Northeastern University – Graduate Certificate, Information Security Management
• Post University – Bachelor of Science, Computer Information System