Working Group
Financial Services Industry
The main objective of this working group is to identify and share the challenges, risks and best practices for the development, deployment and management of secure cloud services in the financial services industry.
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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.
Bill Izzo
Director, Cloud Security Governance at Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation
Innovative leader with a strong technical and business background with a track record of success across multiple technology domains and markets. Senior business management and technical leadership experience in the DOD, Private, and Government sectors. Years of experience in the management of medium to large network and systems engineering teams with significant experience in the management of large multi-million dollar data com...
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...
Jez Goldstone
Director of Security Architecture, Cloud & Innovation
Jez is a cyber security expert, leader, innovator with over twenty years of IT experience in the Financial Services and other sectors. He has lead innovation initiatives and teams - focusing on where cyber innovations really add value to solve complex business challenges and open up competitive advantage opportunities. I have a keen interest in how Privacy Enhancing Tech, and specifically FHE, can help solve some of these challenges.
Suyi Guo
Information Security Advisor
| Publications in Review | Open Until |
|---|---|
| Agentic AI Red Teaming Guide | Apr 27, 2025 |
| AI Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire (AI-CAIQ) | Apr 28, 2025 |
| Secure Agentic System Design - A Trait-Based Approach | May 15, 2025 |
| Managing Privileged Access in a Cloud-First World | May 23, 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.
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.
No scheduled meetings for this working group in the next 60 days.
Open Peer Reviews
Peer reviews allow security professionals from around the world to provide feedback on CSA research before it is published.