Jacob Nix

Jacob Nix has a diverse work experience in the field of risk and financial assurance. Jacob served as the Chief Executive Officer at RISCPoint from 2018 onwards. Prior to that, they worked at EY as a Risk Transformation - SAP Security and Controls specialist from 2016 to 2018. Before joining EY, Jacob worked at PwC as a Risk Assurance - Process Assurance professional from 2014 to 2016. Jacob also had previous experience at EY and Plante Moran, where they held various tax and assurance roles from 2011 to 2013.

Jacob Nix has a Master of Accountancy (MAcc) degree in Accounting & Auditing from Bowling Green State University. Jacob also holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree in Accounting from the same university.

In terms of additional certifications, Jacob has obtained the following:

- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) from ISACA in August 2021

- Registered Practitioner from the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body (CMMC AB) in June 2021

- Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE) from ISACA in October 2020

- ISO 27001 Lead Implementer - Information Security Certification from GASQ in March 2020

- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) from ISACA in March 2017

- CCSFP from HITRUST, obtained in November 2022

- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner from Amazon Web Services (AWS), obtained in August 2022

- Okta Certified Professional from Okta, obtained in September 2021

It is unclear if Jacob holds a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) qualification as the obtained month and year are not provided for this certification.