Alain Marcuse

Alain provides security and privacy consulting to clients in a broad spectrum of domains, including privacy governance, security assessments, risk management, penetration testing, compliance frameworks and strategic advisory services. He serves as national lead for Data Privacy consulting services, supporting client teams with a wide range of compliance program matters for GDPR, CCPA, and other privacy regulations. He has also led large-scale engagements to design and develop the security programs for some of the country’s largest corporations, developing cost-effective security program road maps that demonstrably improve the organization’s maturity. He has also led major litigation support security engagements following some of the most visible data security breaches, supporting legal counsel with comprehensive assessments leading to dismissal of class and regulatory actions. He focuses primarily on retail, health care and financial organizations. Alain has 30 years of experience in a wide array of information systems, information security, and data privacy disciplines. Alain leads RSM’s security and privacy risk consulting practice in New England and RSM US’s data privacy service offerings nationally. He is a frequent presenter at a variety of industry organizations, panels and webcasts, as well as a frequent contributor to various publications. 

Professional affiliations and credentials:

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E)
• Qualified Security Assessor (QSA)
• International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2
• International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
• Society for Information Management (SIM)
• Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA) Education
• Master of Arts, computer science, Brandeis University
• Bachelor of Arts, computer science, summa cum laude, Brandeis University