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CCZT Contributors

CCZT Overview
Certificate of Competence in Zero Trust
We extend our appreciation to the individuals whose dedication and expertise have made the development of the CCZT exam possible. Each of the contributors have volunteered their time and resources, leaving a mark on this certification. Their collaborative efforts and commitment to excellence have been instrumental in shaping the course content and ensuring its quality.

Contributors to the CCZT receive a digital badge that demonstrates their expertise in Zero Trust principles and their collaboration in developing a CSA certification. The digital badge recognizes their achievement and can be displayed online on social media, resumes, etc.

If you have any questions or have interest in participating in future course or certification development, you can email CSA at [email protected].

Developers

Daniele Catteddu
Daniele Catteddu
Chief Technology Officer, CSA

Daniele Catteddu

Chief Technology Officer, CSA

Daniele Catteddu is an information security and risk management practitioner, technologies expert and privacy evangelist with over 15 of experience. He worked in several senior roles both in the private and public sector. He is member of various national and international security expert groups and committees on cyber-security and privacy, keynote speaker at several conferences and author of numerous studies and papers on risk management, ...

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Juanita Koilpillai
Juanita Koilpillai
Pioneer of Software Defined Perimeter

Juanita Koilpillai

Pioneer of Software Defined Perimeter

Juanita Koilpillai was Founder and CEO of Waverley Labs, a pioneer in software defined perimeters (SDP) and digital risk reduction solutions. She had 30 years’ experience researching and developing systems in computer security, network management and real-time distributed software. She led the open source software-defined perimeter (SDP) effort for ‘black’ apps in the cl...

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Richard Lee
Richard Lee
Director Architecture / Infrastructure Architect / Security Architect / Cloud Architect at R Lee Associates

Richard Lee

Director Architecture / Infrastructure Architect / Security Architect / Cloud Architect at R Lee Associates

Editors

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Remo Hardeman
Security Architecture Consultant, Omerta Information Security

Remo Hardeman

Security Architecture Consultant, Omerta Information Security

Jerod Hollen
Jerod Hollen
Web / Content Developer, CSA

Jerod Hollen

Web / Content Developer, CSA

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Jenna Morrison
Interior Designer

Jenna Morrison

Interior Designer

Hannah Rock
Hannah Rock
Content Development Manager, CSA

Hannah Rock

Content Development Manager, CSA

Anna Campbell Schorr
Anna Campbell Schorr
Training Program Director, CSA

Anna Campbell Schorr

Training Program Director, CSA

Stephen Smith
Stephen Smith
Senior Graphic Designer, CSA

Stephen Smith

Senior Graphic Designer, CSA

James Lam
James Lam
Strategy and Consulting Manager, Accenture

James Lam

Strategy and Consulting Manager, Accenture

I was a contributor as an expert reviewer for the ZTA/SDP training materials.

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Reviewers

Ryan Bergsma
Ryan Bergsma
Technology Director and Security Manager, CSA

Ryan Bergsma

Technology Director and Security Manager, CSA

Shinesa Cambric
Shinesa Cambric
Principal Product Manager, Microsoft

Shinesa Cambric

Principal Product Manager, Microsoft

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Michael J Herndon
IT Senior Compliance Manager, Bayer A.G.

Michael J Herndon

IT Senior Compliance Manager, Bayer A.G.

James Lam
James Lam
Strategy and Consulting Manager, Accenture

James Lam

Strategy and Consulting Manager, Accenture

I was a contributor as an expert reviewer for the ZTA/SDP training materials.

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Dr. Matthew Meersman
Principal Cyber Security Engineer at MITRE & PhD Student

Dr. Matthew Meersman

Principal Cyber Security Engineer at MITRE & PhD Student

Vani Murthy
Vani Murthy
Sr. Information Security Compliance Advisor, Akamai Technologies

Vani Murthy

Sr. Information Security Compliance Advisor, Akamai Technologies

Vani has 20+ years of IT experience in the areas such as Security, Risk, Compliance, Cloud services (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS) architecture

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Michael Roza
Michael Roza
Risk, Audit, Control and Compliance Professional at EVC

Michael Roza

Risk, Audit, Control and Compliance Professional at EVC

Since 2012, Michael Roza has been a pivotal member of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) family. He has contributed to over 125 projects, as a Lead Author or Author/Contributor and many more as a Reviewer/Editor.

Michael's extensive contributions encompass critical areas including Artificial Intelligence, Zero Trust/Software Defined Perimeter, Internet of Things, Top Threats, Cloud Control Matrix, DevSecOps, and Key Management. His lea...

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Nishanth Singarapu
Principal – Cyber Security Architecture, Neustar

Nishanth Singarapu

Principal – Cyber Security Architecture, Neustar

Heinrich Smit
Heinrich Smit
CISO & Risk Management at Semperis

Heinrich Smit

CISO & 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...

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Juan Carlos (Charlie) Soto
Juan Carlos (Charlie) Soto
vCISO

Juan Carlos (Charlie) Soto

vCISO

Charlie Soto is a v-CISO at Mandiant now part of Google Cloud. Charlie holds a Master's Degree in Cyber Security from the University of West London. Having written his dissertation on Zero Trust Architecture he regularly contributes to the CSA Zero Trust Working Group by direct development or reviewing of training/research.

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Anusha Vaidyanathan
Anusha Vaidyanathan
Director – Product Management, Zscaler

Anusha Vaidyanathan

Director – Product Management, Zscaler

Robert D. Morris
Robert D. Morris
Lead Cyber Security Architect at MITRE

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.

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