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Jeff Cook

CPA, CITP, CISA
Managing Principal - SOC
Fortreum, LLC

Jeff serves as a Principal at Fortreum LLC, an IT-audit firm where he helps with FedRAMP engagements, and also acts as the Engagement Partner overseeing any SOC engagements. With a professional career spanning over two decades, Jeff's career journey has provided him with profound expertise in the SOC domain, manifesting in a large variety of SOC-related consulting and teaching opportunities including assisting CPA firms with their practice development & refinement, peer review preparation, control review/development, workpaper or quality control reviews, and framework mapping to meet long-term firm or client goals. Jeff maintains an active involvement with the AICPA, volunteering with development of the SOC and CITP programs as well as being a SOC peer review specialist. Jeff earned his BBA in Accounting from Loyola College in Maryland and a MS in Information Assurance from the University of Maryland University College. He is a lead auditor for the ISO 22301 standard and holds certifications as a CPA, CITP, CISA, CIPT, and CCSK. In his free time, Jeff plays golf and studies Uechi-Ryu (Okinawan) Karate, obtaining the rank of Yondan (4th degree black belt).