CCZT Contributors
CCZT Overview
Developers

Samuel Aiello
Principal Network Solution Architect, Verizon Business
Over 30 years of civilian and military experience selling, implementing and supporting global operations & services. Primary experience focused in the areas of Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN), 5G Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC), Secure Network Fabric, DDoS Mitigation Services, Software Defined Perimeter (SDP), Secure Cloud Gateway, and DNS Security.
Expertise in desi...

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, ...

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

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...

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

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

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

Abhishek R. Singh
Co-Founder and CEO, Araali Networks

Agnidipta Sarkar
Group CISO, Biocon
Agnidipta Sarkar has been evangelizing Cybersecurity, Privacy, Business Continuity, Digital Resilience, and Standardization through speaking at industry forums like Gartner, IDC, EC-Council, ISMG, BCI Global, CORE Resilience, etc. and through his contributions to standards bodies like the ISO, Cloud Security Alliance, and the Business Continuity Institute. He is a member of ISO panels for security & privacy, continuity & resilience, and ris...

Michael Shurman
CTO Product, Ravtech

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...

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.

Prasad T
Head - Information Security at Verse Innovation
Editors

Adil Abdelgawad
Health Information Systems Software Analyst, 3M

Abbas Kudrati
Director – APAC Chief Cybersecurity Advisor, Microsoft
Abbas Kudrati, a long-time cybersecurity practitioner and CISO, is Microsoft Asia’s Lead Chief Cybersecurity Advisor for the Security Solutions Area. In addition to his work at Microsoft, he serves as an executive advisor to Deakin University, LaTrobe University, HITRUST ASIA, EC Council ASIA, and several security and technology start-ups. He supports the broader security community through his work with ISACA Chapters and student mentorship...

Lauren Fishburn

Remo Hardeman
Security Architecture Consultant, Omerta Information Security

Jerod Hollen
Web / Content Developer, CSA

Junaid Islam
Secure Communications Expert
Junaid Islam is the CTO and founder of Vidder which provides distributed access control solutions to Fortune 500 companies. Prior to founding Vidder, Junaid founded Bivio Networks which developed the first Gigabit speed software based securityin the industry. Earlier in his career Junaid helped create networking standards such as Frame Relay, ATM and MPLS while...

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...

Naresh Kurada
Director – Cloud Security Engineering, Deloitte

James Lam
Strategy and Consulting Manager, Accenture
I was a contributor as an expert reviewer for the ZTA/SDP training materials.

Jenna Morrison
Interior Designer

Hannah Rock
Content Development Manager, CSA

Anna Campbell Schorr
Training Program Director, CSA

Stephen Smith
Senior Graphic Designer, CSA

Anusha Vaidyanathan
Director – Product Management, Zscaler

Jacob Kline
Principal Cyber Architecture and Resiliency Engineer at MITRE
Successful exploitation of the United States by ever increasingly sophisticated cyber adversaries continues to accelerate and adversely impact American lives. Jacob Kline’s current pursuit is to maneuver the Department of the Air Force into the adoption of a Zero Trust Architecture, enabling the Warfighter to securely access data anytime and anywhere, and enhancing the DAF’s ability to project power over the adversaries of the United States...
Reviewers

Rajesh Ingle
Professor in Computer Science and Engineering, IIIT

Ravi Adapa
Santander PLC

Asad Ali
Director of Technology, Thales

Ryan Bergsma
Technology Director and Security Manager, CSA

Shinesa Cambric
Principal Product Manager, Microsoft

Dr. Ron Martin
Professor of Practice at Capitol Technology University
Dr. Martin is a Professor of Practice at Capitol Technology University. His work at Capitol Technology University is in the following functional areas Critical Infrastructure, Industrial Control System Security, Identity, Credential, and Access Management. Ron has relationships with a diverse mix of businesses. He serves as a board of directors for many profit and non-profit organizations. Ron retired from the United States (U. S.) Army in ...

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

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.

Alex Sharpe
Managing Director at Sharpe42
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 has spent much of his career helping corporations and government agencies create value while mitigating cyber risk. This provides him a pragmatic understanding of the delicate balance between Business realities, Cybersecurity, and O...

Nishanth Singarapu
Principal – Cyber Security Architecture, Neustar

Srinivas Tatipamula
Principal Security Advisor, Fairfax
C-CISO|CISSP|CISA|AWS CSS|AWS CSA|CDPSE|CISM|CGEIT|CRISC|ISO 27000LA|CCSK|ITIL-F|PMP|Bachelor of Economics (Hons)|Bachelor of Law| MS in Digital Forensics
Overall 30 plus years in IT and over 18 years in Cyber Security
Publications:
1. Cloud Security Alliance Internet of Things (IoT) Working Group IoT Security Controls Guide Version Published March 2019
2. CSA IoT Controls Matrix March 2019
3. ...