Alain Rocan

CPA, CIA, CISA, CISSP, CIPP/C

Associate, IT Audit, Risk and Advisory Services
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Alain Rocan leads the IT Audit, Risk and Advisory practice at Samson. He has over 25 years of audit, risk and control experience related to IM/IT, security, privacy, digital transformation and governance. Alain is the past President of the ISACA Ottawa Chapter, and is a National Council member of the Canadian Cybersecurity Alliance. He was the first Chair of the Ottawa International Association of Privacy Professional (IAPP) KnowledgeNet.

Alain has led well over one hundred internal audit projects related to IM/IT, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, systems under development, management control frameworks and governance. He has extensive experience in enterprise risk management and has led numerous risk workshops. Alain was also involved in developing the Treasury Board Secretariat’s Privacy Impact Assessment Guidelines and has completed more than 120 PIAs for public sector clients.

As a Partner, he led one of the Big Four’s cybersecurity services practices for Eastern Canada. In addition to his CISA, CISSP and CIPP/C certifications in security and privacy, he holds a SABSA Certified Security Architect Foundation certificate as well as the CNE and MCSE technical certifications.

Alain’s combination of technical IM/IT, business and audit experience enables him to advise senior management and audit committees in a variety of contexts. He is adept at communicating technical information to non-technical audiences.