CCZT Contributors
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].
View the Contributors to the CCZT:
Exam Developer
Ivan Djordjevic
Principal Advisor, Security & Compliance at Salesforce
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Andrea Knoblauch
Principal, Security at Softchoice
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Ankit Sharma
Engineering Technical Leader at Cisco Systems India Pvt Ltd
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Adaeze Udechukwu
Cybersecurity Solutions Consultant at Health Care Service Corporation
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Dipak Patel
Cybersecurity Architect at SoFi
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Hayden Scott Jr.
Head, Information Security and Risk at The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd.
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Ian Kempton
Principal, Data Protection
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Krishnamurthy Karry
Senior Vice President at Citi
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Ashief Ahmed
IT Security Architect at British Columbia Provincial Health Services Authority
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Bernard Coetzee
Security Solution Architect at Capitec Bank
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
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.
Chris Dozier
Cybersecurity Professional
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Cyril Jacob
Principal Information Security Risk Auditor at UnitedHealth Group (UHG)-Optum Inc.
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David Carrascosa
Cybersecurity Risk Manager at Domo Chemicals
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Grant Hughes
Principal Security Architect at Engen Petroleum Ltd
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Jonathan Baier
Founder/President at Next Next LLC
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Joseph T.
Lead Security Engineer at ExpressVPN
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Kyle Fiehler
Senior Transformation Analyst at Zscaler
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BJ Dela Cruz
Lead IT Specialist at Bureau of the Fiscal Service
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Bryce Malinchak
Senior Cyber & Privacy Consultant at CrossCountry Consulting
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Glenn Jacobson
Senior Cybersecurity SME at VAULTES
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Guan Cheng Lin
Senior Cyber Security Advisor at Service NSW
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
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...
Kalpa Kalhara Sampath
Security Researcher / Lecturer
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Lauren Wise
Senior Director, Global Executive Advisory at Zscaler
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Mahdi Rahimi
Senior IT Security Manager at Ströer Digital Media GmbH, Serity GmbH
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
David Dorsey
Tech Lead, Cloud Security at Sensus/Xylem
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Gaurav Gupta
Senior Vice President, IT Audit/Regulatory/Third Party Governance at United Overseas Bank
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Gurinder Bhatti
Principal Global Security Strategist at Okta
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Hsin-Chih Huang
COO & CISO at SustainableTech Consulting
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Jason Rattos
Global Cloud Security Director at Temenos
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Deepak Agrawal
Head Advisory Services at Elite Technologies Middle East W.L.L
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Jason Lee
Information Security Advisor at Trustwave
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Marco Ermini
Chief Information Security Officer at EQS Group AG
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Frank O. Iheonu
Managing Consultant/Qualified Security Assessor at Digital Jewels Africa Limited
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Gez Tadesse
Senior Information Security Project Manager at University of Southern California
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Harshad Ravichand
Senior Manager, Presales Security at eir evo
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Jagan Kolli
Director, Cyber Security and M&A at Avery Dennison
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Kenneth Peeples
Principal Security Architect at Red Hat/IBM
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Martyn Ditchburn
Field CTO at Zscaler
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Mohamed Ali Kazi
Lead Security Architect at Department of Work & Pensions
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Zenith Law
Director at Zenospace
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Michael Roza
Head of Risk, Audit, Control and Compliance
Since 2012 Michael has contributed to over 100 CSA projects completed by CSA's Internet of Things, Zero Trust/Software-Defined Perimeter, Top Threats, Cloud Control Matrix, Containers/Microservices, DevSecOps, and other working groups. He has also served as co-chair of CSA's Enterprise Architecture, Top Threats, and Security-as-a-Service working groups while also serving as the Standards Liaison Officer for IoT, ICS, EA, SECaaS, and Cloud K...
Omoruyi Osagiede
Security Architect / Principal Consultant at The Five Mark Project Ltd
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Rajat Tripathi
Senior IT Audit Manager at Amazon
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Raul Paolo Miranda
Vice President at (ISC)2 Singapore
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Sesh Ramasharma
Global Head, Identity Security Product Line at HCL Technologies
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Michelle Austin
Senior Program Manager, Cybersecurity Strategy and Operations at Undisclosed
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Nathan Howe
SVP of Emerging Technology at Zscaler
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Sun Robin Flamm
Head of Cyber Security & Infrastructure Management at Metabo
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Olenka Petren
Senior Cloud Solutions Architect at Microsoft
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Sanjit Ganguli
VP, Transformation Strategy, Field CTO at ZScaler
PMI PMP and ISC2 CISSP, ISSEP, CCSP certified.
Ravindra S. Gotavade
OT Security Architect at Tetra Pak India Pvt Ltd.
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Rengarajan Ramachandran
Principal Cloud Security Engineer at Fidelity Investments
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Roland Kissoon
Vice President - Infrastructure Defense Engineering at Citi
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...
Ujas Chandulal Selarka
Software Asset Management Advisory at KPMG (India)
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Vivian Nwoji
Head of Technology & Security Assurance at Dentsu
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Rohit Kumar
SOC Lead at American Express
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Ledy M. Eng
Cloud Security Engineer
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Aunudrei Oliver
Director, Customer Experience Product Management at CISCO
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Matt Lee
Pax8
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Gerry Gajeton
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Exam Contributor
Moshe Ferber
Chairman at Cloud Security Alliance, Israel
Moshe Ferber is a recognized industry expert and popular public speaker, with over 20 years’ experience at various positions ranging from the largest enterprises to innovative startups. Currently Ferber focuses on cloud security as certified instructor for CCSK & CCSP certification and participate in various initiative promoting responsible cloud adoption.
Vaibhav Sharma
Global Product Services lead - Cyber Security CSA IOT Co-Chair at TÜV SÜD Product Service GmbH
Vaibhav has been working in industrial cyber security for the last 16 years. In the past, he worked for CSA as a ZTA exam reviewer. Currently also 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 sk...
Heinrich Smit
Governance, Risk & Compliance 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...
Arif Hameed
Chief Information Security Officer at C&R Software
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Sanjeev Gupta
Director - Cloud Assurance Programs at CPG Singapore
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Brad Voris
Information Security Architect at Walmart Global Technology
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Gordon Moreau
Information Security Architect at W.W. Grainger, Inc.
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Kim Woodbeck
Supplier Management and Risk Lead at Common Securitization Solutions
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Mehmet Gulyurt
Systems Engineer at Palo Alto Networks
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Johny Gasser
Strategist & Business Advisor – Cyber Security and Risk Management at Orange Business
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Amit Sharma
Senior Consultant Cyber Security at HCL Technologies
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Mohamed Elaarag
Director Risk Advisory at Deloitte Canada
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Ahmed Magdy
Cybersecurity Senior Manager at Sky Deutschland GmbH
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Eyal Estrin
Author, Cloud Security Architect at Undisclosed
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Ajay Chandramouly
Director at Oracle
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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...
John C. Checco
Chief Information Security Officer at Proofpoint
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Bharat K. Aggarwal
Associate Director (GRC) at Birlasoft
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Noah Gray
Solution Architecture Director at PwC
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Simon Johnson
Security Design Engineer at Direct Line Group
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Thanos Vrachnos
Cyber Security Consultant at SpearIT
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Omar Guzman
Lead Cyber Threat Intelligence Engineer at Central Bank of the Dominican Republic
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Satyavathi Divadari
Global Head of Enterprise Security Architecture at OpenText
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Sowrirajan Padmanabhan
Senior Product Manager
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Vinay Dubey
Journey Expert (Cloud Data, Security & GRC) at ANZ
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Patrick Biselela Kabongo
Senior Cybersecurity Advisor at National Bank of Canada
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Peter Holcomb
Director, Information Security at eMed Digital Healthcare
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Sangram Rath
Founder & Cloud Architect at OD10 Ventures
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Ray Ellis
Global Head of Enterprise Security Architecture at Philip Morris International
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Soontorn Sirapaisan
Information Security Research Team Leader at National Electronics and Computer Technology Center
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Tommy Pigeon
Associate Director at CrossCountry Consulting
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Sky Hackett
Senior Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services
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Jaye Tillson
Field CTO at HPE Aruba
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Gustavo Vallejo
Professor, EALDE Business School
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Exam Beta Tester
Rich Phillips
Enterprise and Security Architect at Worldwide Technology
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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.
Lars Ruddigkeit
Account Technology Strategist, Swiss FedGov
Lars Ruddigkeit completed his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Bern in 2013 with a focus on computer-aided drug design. He began his professional career at Accenture in technology consulting in Big Data and Data Science. At UBS, he specialized in operational machine learning and cybersecurity as a machine learning architect in the Financial Service industry. He is a contributor to the Cloud Security Alliance working groups for Zero Tru...
Prasad T
Senior Security Architect at VerSe Innovation
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Rishi Sharma
Red Team Engineer at Virtually Testing Foundation
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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...
Shankar Chebrolu
Director of Security Architecture at Red Hat and President of CSA Triangle Chapter
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Desmond Cher
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
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Diego López
Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Consultant & Auditor at Deloitte
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Sreekumar S
Vice President Cybersecurity Services at HCL Technologies
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Dimitris Maketas
Senior Project Manager
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Reema Parappilly
Partner, IT Advisory Services at Weaver & Tidwell, LLP
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Simon Wong
Associate Partner, Cybersecurity at EY
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Wisnu Tejasukmana
Cloud Security Architect at SLB
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Xavier Alonso Llauca Uchupailla
Cloud Security Engineer
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Ali Iskili
Systems Security Engineering Manager at Aselsan
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Eric Peeters
Senior Manager at Weaver
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Ken Underhill
Co-Founder at Cyber Life
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Liz Jaluague
Senior Security Engineer at Driven (by Purpose Unlimited)
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Raghvendra Singh
Head, Cloud Security CoE at Tata Consultancy Services
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Rajat Agrawal
Senior Consultant at Clevigour Solutions
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Collin Brown
Senior Consultant, Cyber Security at Bell Canada
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Miguel Angel Arenas
Manager, GRC at Thomson Reuters
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Saurabh Singh
Deputy General Manager at HCL Technologies
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Alberto Manfredi
Senior Advisor Strategic, Innovation & Development at Leonardo Spa
Alberto Manfredi supports CSA EMEA in chapter expansion and development. He currently serves as Business Development Manager Smart Solutions with Selex ES, a Defense and Security Electronics Division of Finmeccanica Spa. He has been working in the ICT market since 1993 with a focus on information security in the last 11 years. He is a member of ISC2,ISACA-AIEA, SANS, AFCEA Rome, DFA, ANORC (honorary member) associations.
Genesio Di Sabatino
SASE Technical Leader at BeDisruptive
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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.
Roman Mesa Martinez
Cybersecurity & Cloud Director at Meta-Data
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
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...
Bernard Tan
CXO Advisory
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...
Lenard Vega
DevSecOps CoE Lead at Pacifico Seguros
This person does not have a biography listed with CSA.
Lulu Hernandez Walker
Senior Manager in IT Advisory at Weaver
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Nicolas Grzesitchak
Cloud Security Engineer at SAP
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Ryan Green
Director at RMG Cyber Consulting
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Stuart Shull
IT Specialist at United States Department of Agriculture
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Didier Santos
Information Security Officer
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Dr. Mike S. Vo
Executive Officer & Enterprise Solutions Architect at MSQV, LLC
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Kevin Davies
Principal Security Consultant at Cognizant
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Marcus Maxwell
Director - Consulting | Security at Cognizant
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Victor Monga
CISO and head of cybersecurity strategy at Virtually Testing Foundation
With the help of his Chapter, Victor helped create a CCSK study group, which met once a week for 6 weeks, covering the 6 domains of the CCSK online training course. There were 42 participants who registered for this weekly study group, and they made recordings and slides of each meeting available on the CSA LA/SoCal Chapter YouTube channel. In addition, 30 complimentary CCSK self-paced training course licenses were provided to individuals ...
Shruti Kulkarni
Cyber Security Architect at 6point6
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...
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.