Jake Belcher is the Director of Security and Compliance at designDATA. He is responsible for leading our cybersecurity practice, staying up to date on the latest cybersecurity threats and the latest thought leadership in the cybersecurity industry. His top focus is designing and implementing countermeasures to protect our client’s and designDATA’s IT networks and data in a cost-effective, pragmatic manner.

Prior to leading the cybersecurity efforts at designDATA, Jake has worked for over 20 years in IT and cybersecurity across multiple industries including Big 4 consulting, financial services, healthcare and retail in both small and large enterprises. Jake comes to designDATA with many years of designing, implementing and maintaining comprehensive cybersecurity programs for numerous companies leveraging industry leading practices. Jake has led compliance efforts including HIPAA, HITRUST, PCI, SOX, SOC1 type II, SOC2 type II GDPR and CCPA. As such, he is well versed in leading cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST 800-53, NIST CSF, CoBIT and ISO 27001/2

Jake obtained an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business, two Bachelor degrees from Allegheny College and currently maintains CISSP, CISM, A+, Network+ and Security+ certifications.