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
Working Group Leadership
Kurt Seifried
Chief Innovation Officer, CSA
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...
Alex Kaluza
Research Analyst, CSA
| Publications in Review | Open Until |
|---|---|
| Key Management in Cloud Services 2025 Update | Sep 26, 2025 |
| Applying Zero Trust Principles with Network-Infrastructure Hiding Protocol - Stealth Mode Software Defined Perimeter for Network Infrastructure | Oct 16, 2025 |
| Enabling Zero Trust for Cellular Networks - Guidance for Securing Mobile Networks | Oct 16, 2025 |
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.