Alain SEVILLA spent his entire career in the service of the French State, in mainland France and overseas, in the Army and the National Gendarmerie, which he left in December 2014 with the rank of Colonel to found HEPTAGONE.
A man of action, holding a parachutist’s badge and a commando instructor’s certificate, he is an officer who has held every level of command responsibility, in the mobile or departmental gendarmerie up to regional level. He has notably demonstrated his expertise in intelligence, in judicial investigations in the fight against crime and organised crime, and in cybercrime.
At HEPTAGONE, Alain SEVILLA is responsible for the technical and audit activities in security and cybersecurity. He heads the digital investigations and forensics department.
Director of the European Centre for Research and Analysis of Cyber Threats (CERAC) at the University of Strasbourg, Alain SEVILLA is a part-time lecturer and head of the “Cyber Threats” module in the Master 2 programmes in “e-commerce” and “digital economy law” at the University of Strasbourg, and in the Master 2 in “information systems audit of the extended enterprise” at Paris Dauphine University.
He also lectures at various French and foreign universities. He leads conferences and training courses on cybercrime in Europe, Africa and South-East Asia.
Finally, Alain SEVILLA is a scientific adviser to the DELFICO research group (financial crime and organised crime) at the CEFTI (Centre for Financial Studies and Engineering Techniques) of the University of Aix-en-Provence, and is a member of the SCARG (Swiss Cybersecurity Advisory and Research Group) at the University of Lausanne.
