Working Group
Financial Services Industry
The main objective of this industry specific working group is to identify and share the challenges, risks and best practices for the development, deployment and management of secure systems and services in the financial services industry. This consists primarily of ad hoc surveys and studies, as well as collaboration on select, FS-related initiatives with CSA AI, cloud and Zero Trust security working groups.
State of Financial Services in Cloud
Working Group Leadership
Craig Balding
I help enable organisations to safely operate and transact online in the face of dynamic and adaptive threats. After 20 years of attacking and defending top tier firms I founded Resilient Security to provide cyber risk and security advisory, consulting and services.
Sean Gray
Chase
Security Strategy, Threat Management. Senior Director, Information Security Strategy and Threat Mgmt at PayPal.
Troy Leach
Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), CSA
Troy Leach has spent more than 25 years advocating for the advancement of responsible, safe technology to improve the quality of living and parity for all.
As the Chief Strategy Officer, Mr. Leach supports Cloud Security Alliance's corporate strategy and ongoing mission to provide new and relevant cloud security awareness, education, research, programs and membership participation. Mr. Leach specifically focuses on external engageme...
| Publications in Review | Open Until |
|---|---|
| AI Security Maturity Model | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Navigating Identity and Access Management (IAM) Standards and Protocols | Feb 28, 2026 |
Who can join?
Anyone can join a working group, whether you have years of experience or want to just participate as a fly on the wall.
What is the time commitment?
The time commitment for this group varies depending on the project. You can spend a 15 minutes helping review a publication that's nearly finished or help author a publication from start to finish.
Virtual Meetings
Attend our next meeting. You can just listen in to decide if this group is a good for you or you can choose to actively participate. During these calls we discuss current projects, and well as share ideas for new projects. This is a good way to meet the other members of the group. You can view all research meetings here.
Open Peer Reviews
Peer reviews allow security professionals from around the world to provide feedback on CSA research before it is published.