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Working Group

CAVEaT™

The Joint CSA-MITRE Cloud Adversarial, Vectors, and Threats (CAVEaT) Collaboration to develop, curate, and host a cloud specific threat model to assist Cloud Security practitioners with threat-based analysis.
Cloud Adversarial Vectors, Exploits, and Threats (CAVEaT™): An Emerging Threat Matrix for Industry Collaboration
Cloud Adversarial Vectors, Exploits, and Threats (CAVEaT™): An Emerging Threat Matrix for Industry Collaboration

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CSA and the MITRE Corporation have established the Cloud Adversarial, Vectors, Exploits, and Threats (CAVEaT) collaboration to develop, curate, and host cloud specific threat models to assist Cloud Security practitioners with threat-based analysis.

Working Group Leadership

Kurt Seifried
Kurt Seifried

Kurt Seifried

Chief Innovation Officer, CSA

For over two decades, Kurt has excelled in information security, starting with Windows and Linux, and advancing to cloud computing and AI. With a strong focus on AI security, privacy, and open source, Kurt brings extensive expertise to the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA).

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Dr. Mari Spina
Dr. Mari Spina

Dr. Mari Spina

Sr. Principal Cybersecurity Engineer / Cloud Security Capability Leader at MITRE

Dr. Spina joined MITRE in 2014 and has been supporting a multitude of MITRE Federal sponsors including DHS, DoD and the IC in the area of Cloud Security. At MITRE, she is a Principle Cybersecurity Engineer, leads the Cloud Security Capability Area, and teaches Cloud Security for the MITRE Institute. She has also taught many Information Technology courses for the George Washington University schools of engineering and business. Before joini...

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Publications in ReviewOpen Until
Software-Defined Perimeter: Architecture Guide V3Nov 15, 2025
Zero Trust Guidance for Building a Resilient Enterprise EnvironmentDec 05, 2025
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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.

Open Peer Reviews

Peer reviews allow security professionals from around the world to provide feedback on CSA research before it is published.

Learn how to participate in a peer review here.

Software-Defined Perimeter: Architecture Guide V3

Open Until: 11/15/2025

The increasing sophistication of cyber threats and the limitations of traditional network security models have led to the e...

Zero Trust Guidance for Building a Resilient Enterprise Environment

Open Until: 12/05/2025

Resiliency is an increasingly important global business and compliance priority across different jurisdictions and business...