Chris Tait is a principal with Baker Tilly’s risk advisory practice. He brings more than 20 years of expertise in technology consulting and assurance services. His specialties include cybersecurity, IT risk management, internal audit and compliance assessments. Chris has served clients across diverse industries, including healthcare, insurance, technology, service providers and financial institutions, ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies.
- Serves as a technology risk management lead responsible for audit and advisory services for multiple financial institutions
- Experience performing audit and advisory projects related to Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and Model Audit Rule (MAR), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act (FDICIA) and internal control over financial statements (ICFR)
- Performs IT risk reviews and develops solutions to enhance current information security practices and enhance compliance with requirements such as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT audit handbooks
- Performs security and controls reviews for a variety of clients including areas like cybersecurity, infrastructure, applications, vendor management, disaster recovery and business continuity
- Executes maturity, readiness and compliance assessments for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS), NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), HIPAA-HITECH, HITRUST CSF, NIST 800 series standards
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
- Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
- The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner - 2020 (Amazon Web Services)
- CCSFP – Certified Common Security Framework Practitioner, 2016 (HITRUST Alliance)
- CCSK – Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge, 2013 (CSA)
- CFSA – Certified Financial Services Auditor, 2006 (IIA)
- CISA – Certified Information Systems Auditor, 2005 (ISACA)
