John DiMaria

Director of Operations Excellence, CSA

John DiMaria; CSSBB, HISP, MHISP, AMBCI, CERP is the Director of Operations Excellence and Research Fellow with the Cloud Security Alliance. He has 40 years of experience in Standards and management System Development, including Information Systems, Business Continuity, and Quality. John was one of the innovators and co-founders of the CSA STAR programs Open Certification Framework for cloud providers and developed the first certification scheme and process related to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. John is a contributing author of the last three editions of the American Bar Association’s Cybersecurity Handbook, and a working group member, and a key contributor to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. John also serves as a leading expert as the BCI SIG Vice-Chair for Cyber Resilience, Working Group Chair for the IEEE P3454™, Standard for Cloud Computing - Operational Resilience – Framework, Member of the MSECB Impartiality, Ethics, and Appeals Committee, and Customer Experience Advisory Member with Lindenwood University, St. Louis, MO. He currently oversees the strategic execution of core operational functions, liaising across departments to provide tactical support and guidance, promoting operational efficiency and interdepartmental collaboration. Prior to joining CSA, DiMaria was the Global Product Champion for The British Standards Institution where he served as the global head of all information security, business continuity and cybersecurity product and process offerings as well as operations assessment scheme manager. He has experience working with both national and international environments.