CSA Federal Summit 2020 Announces New Venue, Enhanced Safety Measures for Attendees

SEATTLE – June 16, 2020 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications and best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, announced that in response to the ongoing concerns surrounding COVID-19, its annual Federal Summit will now be held on June 25, 2020, at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City. With its theme of Cloud Security Is National Security, the 7^th annual Federal Summit will address how rapidly developing cloud technology, risk management, and shared responsibility across agencies are central to building a trusted cloud environment.

The CSA Federal Summit is an informative, one-day summit, offering attendees a world-class program of speakers and panelists with perspectives on the Federal cloud-computing strategy, civilian and defense agency cloud security standards, and real-world implementation experience with state-of-the-art cloud security architectures.

Glenn Gerstell, Senior Adviser for the Center for Strategic & International Studies (Washington, DC) and former National Security Agency (NSA) General Counsel, will headline the event and share his unique insight and perspective gleaned from his career working in key national security roles in his address "Coming Up Next: More Regulation ... Why the Digital Revolution Will Trigger More Duties on Private Businesses." Other speakers include Dr. Mari Spina, Principal Cyber Security Engineer, MITRE; Anil Karmel, CEO and co-founder of C2 Labs; and Adam Clater, Chief Architect of Red Hat's Public Sector organization.

CSA is committed to attendees personal security and helping to create a “new normal” when getting together. With the full support of the Hyatt Regency, CSA will implement the following measures for the event:

• Seat individuals at a safe distance during the conference
• Floor indicators to queue attendees 6ft apart in registration lines and the entrance to the conference room
• Provide boxed meals and snacks at breaks and lunch
• Provide beverages in individual containers
• Mobile hand sanitizer pumps located in public spaces
• Public attendants will sanitize elevator buttons, escalator handles, door handles, and other high-touch surfaces regularly throughout the day
• Common area fixtures and other shared spaces will be sanitized regularly throughout the day
• AV department will sanitize microphones, lavaliers, slide changers, and other equipment between uses

The event is FREE for government employees (with valid form of government ID) and $50 for students (please bring Student ID as proof). Tickets are $150 for non-government employees.

Learn more or register here. Members of the media and analyst community interested in attending the event should contact Kari Walker for more information, to receive press credentials, and to schedule interviews with CSA leadership and conference speakers.

About Cloud Security Alliance
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment. CSA harnesses the subject matter expertise of industry practitioners, associations, governments, and its corporate and individual members to offer cloud security-specific research, education, training, certification, events, and products. CSA's activities, knowledge, and extensive network benefit the entire community impacted by cloud — from providers and customers to governments, entrepreneurs, and the assurance industry — and provide a forum through which different parties can work together to create and maintain a trusted cloud ecosystem. For further information, visit us at www.cloudsecurityalliance.org, and follow us on Twitter @cloudsa.