CCZT Contributors
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Developers
Sanjit Ganguli
VP, Transformation Strategy, Field CTO at ZScaler
PMI PMP and ISC2 CISSP, ISSEP, CCSP certified.
BJ Dela Cruz
Lead IT Specialist at Bureau of the Fiscal Service
Ian Kempton
Principal, Data Protection
Raul Paolo Miranda
Vice President at (ISC)2 Singapore
Ivan Djordjevic
Distinguished Architect - Security & Compliance, Salesforce
Guan Cheng Lin
Senior Cyber Security Advisor at Service NSW
Mahdi Rahimi
Senior IT Security Manager at Ströer Digital Media GmbH, Serity GmbH
Rengarajan Ramachandran
Principal Cloud Security Engineer at Fidelity Investments
Lauren Wise
Senior Director, Global Executive Advisory at Zscaler
Frank O. Iheonu
Managing Consultant/Qualified Security Assessor at Digital Jewels Africa Limited
Omoruyi Osagiede
Security Architect / Principal Consultant
Michael Roza
Risk, Audit, Control and Compliance Professional at EVC
Michael Roza is a seasoned risk, audit, control and compliance, and cybersecurity professional with over 20 years of experience across multinational enterprises and startups. As a Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Research member for over 10 years, he has led and contributed to more than 140 CSA projects spanning Zero Trust, AI, IoT, Top Threats, DecSecOps, Cloud Key Management, Cloud Control Matrix, and many others.
He has co-chaired...
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Gaurav Gupta
Senior Vice President, IT Audit/Regulatory/Third Party Governance at United Overseas Bank
Ankit Sharma
Security Officer, Compute BU, Cisco Systems India Pvt Ltd
Rajat Tripathi
Senior IT Audit Manager at Amazon
Jason Rattos
Global Cloud Security Director at Temenos
He is a member of the Cloud Security Alliance's Zero Trust Working Group and a contributor to the Cloud Security Alliance's CCZT certification exam.
Jason is a Computer Science graduate and holds certifications including CISM, CCSP, CCSK and SABSA.
Sun Robin Flamm
Head of Cyber Security & Infrastructure Management at Metabo
Matt Lee
Senior Director of Security and Compliance at Pax8
Zenith Law
Director at Zenospace
Michelle Austin
Senior Program Manager, Cybersecurity Strategy and Operations at Undisclosed
Kyle Fiehler
Senior Transformation Analyst at Zscaler
Bernard Coetzee
Specialist IT Risk at Capitec Bank
Gurinder Bhatti
Principal Global Security Strategist at Okta
Brett James
CTO in Residence at Zscaler
An IT infrastructure and security leader with 23+ years experience, currently serving as CTO in Residence at Zscaler. Brett's career has evolved from help desk support, server and datacenter operations, through to leading global teams with responsibilities across operations, engineering design and enterprise architecture disciplines.
Bryce Malinchak
Senior Cyber & Privacy Consultant at CrossCountry Consulting
Glenn Jacobson
Senior Cybersecurity SME at VAULTES
Grant Hughes
Principal Security Architect at Engen Petroleum Ltd
Olenka Petren
Senior Cloud Solutions Architect at Microsoft
Krishnamurthy Karry
Senior Vice President at Citi
David Dorsey
Tech Lead, Cloud Security at Sensus/Xylem
Aunudrei Oliver
Director, Customer Experience Product Management at CISCO
Harshad Ravichand
Senior Manager, Presales Security at eir evo
Sanjeev Gupta
Director - Cloud Assurance Programs at CPG Singapore
Ledy M. Eng
Cloud Security Engineer
Gez Tadesse
Senior Information Security Project Manager at University of Southern California
Jonathan Baier
Founder/President at Next Next LLC
Deepak Agrawal
Head Advisory Services at Elite Technologies Middle East W.L.L
Gerry Gajeton
Chris Dozier
Cybersecurity Professional
Ravindra S. Gotavade
OT Security Architect at Tetra Pak India Pvt Ltd.
Rohit Kumar
SOC Lead at American Express
Nathan Howe
SVP of Emerging Technology at Zscaler
Roland Kissoon
Senior Specialist - Cyber Security at Microsoft
Roland has over 25 years of progressive extensive experience with increasing responsibilities in multiple security domains. He is responsible for security strategy and direction, industry trends, threat landscape, and best practices, as well as being a trusted adviser to senior management and customer executives. Along with his cloud, network, cyber security and physical security experience, Roland has worked on projects designing, developi...
Joseph T.
Lead Security Engineer at ExpressVPN
Dipak Patel
Cybersecurity Architect
Kenneth Peeples
Principal Security Architect at Red Hat/IBM
Adaeze Udechukwu
Cybersecurity Solutions Consultant at Health Care Service Corporation
Kalpa Kalhara Sampath
Security Researcher / Lecturer
Cyril Jacob
Principal Information Security Risk Auditor at UnitedHealth Group (UHG)-Optum Inc.
Ujas Chandulal Selarka
Software Asset Management Advisory at KPMG (India)
Ilia Tivin
Managing Director at Locked Jar PTE. LTD.
Ilia Tivin (CISSP-ISSMP, CCSP, CCSK, ITIL) is a veteran information security professional with 20 years of experience in various industries, from military and intelligence, through pharmaceutical , baking, insurance, manufacturing and more... In previous roles Ilia has worked in the capacity of a Hybrid cloud architect for HPE center of excellence, and as a customer success specialist for Cisco Systems, and over the years has advised variou...
Vivian Nwoji
Head of Technology & Security Assurance at Dentsu
Mohamed Ali Kazi
Lead Security Architect at Department of Work & Pensions
Hayden Scott Jr.
Head, Information Security and Risk at The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd.
Jagan Kolli
Director, Cyber Security and M&A at Avery Dennison
David Carrascosa
Cybersecurity Risk Manager at Domo Chemicals
Andrea Knoblauch
Principal, Security at Softchoice
Ashief Ahmed
IT Security Architect at British Columbia Provincial Health Services Authority
Hsin-Chih Huang
COO & CISO at SustainableTech Consulting
Sesh Ramasharma
Global Head, Identity Security Product Line at HCL Technologies
Jason Lee
Senior Cybersecurity Analyst at AESO
Grid Defender | Ensuring Cyber Resilience of the Electric Grid
Editors
Eyal Estrin
Author, Cloud Security Architect at Undisclosed
Peter Holcomb
Director, Information Security at eMed Digital Healthcare
Sangram Rath
Founder & Cloud Architect at OD10 Ventures
Alex Sharpe
Managing Director at Sharpe42
Biography: Mr. Sharpe is a long-time (+30 years) Cybersecurity, Governance, and Digital Transformation expert with real-world operational experience. Mr. Sharpe has run business units and has influenced national policy. He teaches Governance of AI and Resilience at the graduate level and is supporting the implementation of the resilience recommendations (PCAST report) made to the President. He has spent much of his career helping corporatio...
Soontorn Sirapaisan
Information Security Research Team Leader at National Electronics and Computer Technology Center
Bharat K. Aggarwal
Associate Director (GRC) at Birlasoft
Thanos Vrachnos
Cyber Security Consultant at SpearIT
Mehmet Gulyurt
Systems Engineer at Palo Alto Networks
Jaye Tillson
Director of Strategy at Axis Security
Sky Hackett
Senior Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services
Kim Woodbeck
Supplier Management and Risk Lead at Common Securitization Solutions
Amit Sharma
Senior Consultant Cyber Security at HCL Technologies
Brad Voris
Information Security Architect at Walmart Global Technology
Vaibhav Sharma
AVP Cyber Security, TÜV SÜD
Vaibhav is working in industrial cyber security from last 18 years. Senior Member for ISA Working Groups and standard committee. Strengths in Cloud security, risk Advisory Consulting, Operation Risk Assessments, program management, design & implementation specialist for project controls.
Strong industry experience with technical, communication & delivery skills in green field, brown field & migrations project acro...
Raul Paolo Miranda
Vice President at (ISC)2 Singapore
Vinay Dubey
Journey Expert (Cloud Data, Security & GRC) at ANZ
Tommy Pigeon
Associate Director at CrossCountry Consulting
John C. Checco
Chief Information Security Officer at Proofpoint
Mohamed Elaarag
Director Risk Advisory at Deloitte Canada
Gaurav Gupta
Senior Vice President, IT Audit/Regulatory/Third Party Governance at United Overseas Bank
Satyavathi Divadari
Global Head of Enterprise Security Architecture at OpenText
Omar Guzman
Lead Cyber Threat Intelligence Engineer at Central Bank of the Dominican Republic
Gustavo Vallejo
Professor, EALDE Business School
Ajay Chandramouly
Director at Oracle
Johny Gasser
Strategist & Business Advisor – Cyber Security and Risk Management at Orange Business
Gordon Moreau
Information Security Architect at W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Dr. Marco Ermini
Chief Information Security Officer, EQS Group GmbH
Heinrich Smit
CISO at Linked Systems & Risk Management at Semperis
Heinrich is a recognized Information Protection and Zero Trust expert who started out in Law, and pivoted to his love of technology during the Tech Boom. He has led teams at software innovators and large financial institutions, has authored entire Information Security Policy stores, and has protected data at both 280,000 seat regulated enterprises and SAAS-based startup unicorns. He is passionate about Privacy and Zero Trust, as well as Def...
Patrick Biselela Kabongo
Senior Cybersecurity Advisor
Ahmed Magdy
Cybersecurity Senior Manager at Sky Deutschland GmbH
Sowrirajan Padmanabhan
Senior Product Manager
Arif Hameed
Chief Information Security Officer at C&R Software
Noah Gray
Solution Architecture Director at PwC
Ray Ellis
Global Head of Enterprise Security Architecture at Philip Morris International
Moshe Ferber
Chairman at Cloud Security Alliance, Israel
Simon Johnson
Security Design Engineer at Direct Line Group
Reviewers
Simon Wong
Associate Partner, Cybersecurity at EY
Reema Parappilly
Partner, IT Advisory Services at Weaver & Tidwell, LLP
Alex Colyer
Zero Trust Project Manager
Alex Colyer currently serves as the Strategy & Planning Project Manager (CTR) for the Department of Defense's Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office (ZT PfMO).
Ken Underhill
Co-Founder at Cyber Life
Collin Brown
Senior Consultant, Cyber Security at Bell Canada
Faisal Yahya
Cybersecurity Strategist
As the Faisal Yahya is a seasoned Cybersecurity Strategist with over 20 years of experience in the field. He has held pivotal roles as Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), where he has been instrumental in crafting and implementing robust information security strategies. Faisal's expertise spans across cloud security, identity management, and IT governance, enabling him to bridge the gap between...
Kevin Davies
Principal Security Consultant at Cognizant
Paul Simmonds
CEO at Global Identity Foundation & Board Member of CSA UK Chapter
Paul is the CEO of the Global Identity Foundation and formerly the global CISO of AstraZeneca, ICI and prior to that Motorola Cellular Infrastructure. He is twice listed as one of Network World’s “most powerful people in networking”. He is a director of the Cloud Security Alliance (Europe), co-founded the Jericho Forum, and sits on the advisory boards of a number of global tech companies.
Nicolas Grzesitchak
Cloud Security Engineer at SAP
Mohamed Malki
Founder and CEO, Cloud Training Academy
Mohamed Malki, day Job, is the Director of Enterprise Security Architecture for the Colorado Governor's Office of IT. He was recognized as the "State Cybersecurity Leader of the Year 2019" for his role in building Colorado's cybersecurity plan and public cloud architecture.
A global trainer and subject matter expert, Mr. Malki holds over 60 certifications, including top credentials from ISC2 (CISSP-ISSEP, CC...
Shruti Kulkarni
Information Security Architect, Elexon
I am a security professional with experience across various domains of security. I work in defining organisation’s security strategy, security architecture and security practices. Translating business objectives and risk management strategies into specific security processes enabled by security technologies and services. I work on gap analysis, design, implementation and...
Bernard Tan
Director for Government Cybersecurity Consulting, GovTech
Bernard is a Director in GovTech leading the GovTech Cybersecurity consultancy team to provide risk based consultancy services to architect the cybersecurity of Nationwide and Governmentwide strategic projects.
Through his 16 years in the public sector, he has undertaken various cybersecurity roles and projects in areas of Homeland security. He held key roles such as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Head of Information se...
Peter van Eijk
Head Coach at ClubCloudComputing.com
Dr. Peter van Eijk is one of the world's most experienced cloud trainers. He offers CCSK as an instructor-led online course, as well as in-person. He is an authorized CSA CCSK (since 2011) and (ISC)2 CCSP trainer with a passion to make you more effective in your work.
Didier Santos
Information Security Officer
Dr. Victor Monga
vCISO, Virtually Testing Foundation
Dr. Victor Monga is a seasoned cybersecurity executive and technologist with over 21 years of experience building and leading security programs across Fortune 500 companies, U.S. government entities, defense contractors, and mid-sized organizations. He currently serves at Virtually Testing Foundation and has held key security leadership roles at the U.S. Air Force contractor ecosystem, major film studios, VMware, and Palo Alto Networks.
Wisnu Tejasukmana
Cloud Security Architect at SLB
Keith Hartanft
Principal Security Architect, Enlyte Group LLC
Ali Iskili
Systems Security Engineering Manager at Aselsan
Prasad T
Head - Information Security at Verse Innovation
Roman Mesa Martinez
Cybersecurity & Cloud Director at Meta-Data
Genesio Di Sabatino
SASE Technical Leader at BeDisruptive
Shankar Chebrolu
Director of Security Architecture, Red Hat
Chandra Rajagopalan
Principal Engineer, Netskope
Chandra Rajagopalan is a seasoned professional in cloud security and software, with over 20 years of industry experience. With more than ten approved patents in cybersecurity and computing, Chandra's technical acumen and deep insights are evident. His contributions to the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), particularly in Zero Trust, highlight his dedication to advancing cybersecurity standards. Notably, he played a pivotal role in developing t...
Myriam Batista
Chief Information & Security Officer
Ms. Myriam Batista is the Chief Information and Compliance Officer at Reef Systems, a North Carolina-based company. Myriam has 20+ years of experience leading the implementation of cybersecurity and technology solutions in support of government agencies, educational institutions, and commercial customers. Most recently, Myriam’s focus has been on helping companies implement cloud security controls to achieve compliance with Federal Governme...
Srinivas Tatipamula
Principal Cyber Security Advisor
Profile Summary
Principal Cyber Security Advisor with over 20 years of experience. Initial experience as a System Administrator/Network administrator acquired as part of the infrastructure management team for over 10 years. Since 2003, career focus has been Cyber Security, Risk, Governance and Security Architecture consulting covering areas like; Information Security Audits, SOC, NIST Compliance Audits for Sarbanes Oxley, Consultancy...
Desmond Cher
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
Dr. Mike S. Vo
Executive Officer & Enterprise Solutions Architect at MSQV, LLC
Lenard Vega
Corporate DevSecOps Lead at Credicorp
Ryan Green
Director at RMG Cyber Consulting
Guillaume Boutisseau
CCSK and CCZT Instructor , Cloud Security Architect
Guillaume has been a CSA Authorized Instructor since 2018 ans has contributed to the development of CCSK version 5 and CCZT.
He has worked on cloud migrations and deployments since 2014, and has developed a strong expertise in the technical, business and security aspects of cloud computing. He also holds CISSP, CCSP, CCSK, CCZT, CCAK, CISMP certifications, as well as TOGAF, AWS, and Artificial Intelligence certifications.
Marcus Maxwell
Director - Consulting | Security at Cognizant
Miguel Angel Arenas
Manager, GRC at Thomson Reuters
Rich Phillips
Enterprise and Security Architect at Worldwide Technology
Oren Yeger
Owner & CSO, Cybricks.io
Founder | CSO | (ISC)² Israel Chapter Cloud Security Chair | Speaker | AWS Community Builder | DPO | CISSP | CCSK
Expert in Securing Financial industries in their journey to the cloud along side developing the C2M2 levels journey & CSPM plans
I have build a Cloud Security program in 4 companies 2 of them are Fortune 50 companies
I Drove the deployment and configuration of DSM encryption appliances to 4 geo locations in E...
Lars Lars Ruddigkeit
Account Technical Strategist Swiss FedGov at Microsoft
As a Cyber Cloud Security Executive with 15+ years of global experience, I'm known for transforming enterprise cybersecurity postures while enabling business innovation through secure cloud and AI adoption. My expertise bridges cloud security complexity with practical business outcomes that executives can understand and support.
Vaibhav Malik
Partner Solutions Architect, Cloudflare
Richard Lee
Director Architecture / Infrastructure Architect / Security Architect / Cloud Architect at R Lee Associates
Saurabh Singh
Deputy General Manager at HCL Technologies
Xavier Alonso Llauca Uchupailla
Cloud Security Engineer
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Eric Peeters
Senior Manager at Weaver
Sreekumar S
Vice President Cybersecurity Services at HCL Technologies
George Alves
Professor, Cybersecurity Enterprise Team, Defense Acquisition University
Lulu Hernandez Walker
Senior Manager in IT Advisory at Weaver
Bill Izzo
Director, Cloud Security Governance at Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation
Innovative leader with a strong technical and business background with a track record of success across multiple technology domains and markets. Senior business management and technical leadership experience in the DOD, Private, and Government sectors. Years of experience in the management of medium to large network and systems engineering teams with significant experience in the management of large multi-million dollar data com...
Vana Khurana
Sr. Security Architect, Specialist at Amazon Web Services
Vana Khurana is Board Member and Director of Training at Cloud Security Alliance Delaware Valley Chapter. She also has a day job as Cloud Security Architect at a leading financial firm. In addition, she is a speaker, a mentor, and influencer and Professor Adjunct at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. She holds CCSK, CCSP, CISSP, GSEC, AWS Architect, and TOGAF certifications. She loves the economy and growth of the public cloud and its c...
Maureen Rosado
Founder CEO, Pink Falcon Consulting Group, A women/black owned business
Maureen is the CEO and Principle at Pink Falcon Consulting. The consulting company is a global boutique cyber security company that focuses on Zero Trust Guidelines and the core principles. The main focus is education, implementation and facilitation at all stages. With a vendor agnostic portfolio of products, the goal is to provide a solution that is customized for your business. With 3 decades of technology experience with leading cyb...
Dr. Matthew Meersman
Principal Cyber Security Engineer at MITRE & PhD Student
Stuart Shull
IT Specialist at United States Department of Agriculture
Rajat Agrawal
Senior Consultant at Clevigour Solutions
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Alberto Manfredi
President and Chapter Leader, CSA Italy
MSc in Computer Science from the University of Milan with the highest marks and honors, he has been working in the Information Technology market for over 30 years, of which more than 20 in the field of Cyber and Information Security. Since 2002 he has been working at Leonardo SpA, where in recent years he has held the role of Divisional CISO and Senior Advisor in the Corporate Security function. Currently he is working in the Cyber & ...
Rishi Sharma
Red Team Engineer at Virtually Testing Foundation
Liz Jaluague
Senior Security Engineer at Driven (by Purpose Unlimited)
Dimitris Maketas
Senior Project Manager
Robert D. Morris
Lead Cyber Security Architect at MITRE
A cybersecurity expert with 16 years of experience ranging from incident response, forensics, solution engineering, risk management, compliance, security architecture, and leadership in industries such as high-tech, defense contracting, and public sector.
Raghvendra Singh
Head, Cloud Security CoE at Tata Consultancy Services