Cloud Security Alliance - DC Chapter Monthly Webinar Series

A Guided Approach Towards a Zero-Trust Architecture

The CSA-DC Chapter Research Committee is dedicated to solving critical problems facing the Government and highly regulated business sectors important to our membership. As organizations contend with complying with a federal mandate, developing modernization journeys to the cloud and implementing resiliency from new attack vectors, the lead authors of this paper from the CSA-DC Chapter published a guided approach on how organizations can navigate a highly complex environment to develop a Zero Trust (ZT) strategy.

Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) has been a goal for enterprise IT for a decade. Even with broad support from the IT vendor community, the reality of ZTA is still ambition rather than reality for large enterprises. Modern micro-services and hybrid cloud based architectures compound the challenge by increasing system complexity and adding operational costs for synchronization and orchestration of cybersecurity policy. This paper explores the options enterprises have to deliver a ZTA for granular access control spanning multiple clouds, on-premises environments, and end-point level security.

In a Panel format, We will discuss today few highlights on the topic of the Publication as well as the collaboration of the publication through our chapter and how you can be part of any future research projects.

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 joining MITRE, she worked for government engineering firms including Hughes Aircraft, SAIC, ManTech, NJVC, and DMI since 1988 where she provided IT systems engineering to a variety of Federal agency missions including those of the Intelligence Community and the DoD. Mari holds a D.Sc. in Engineering Management from the George Washington University, a MSEE from the University of Southern California, and a BSME from California State University Northridge. She is also PMI PMP and ISC2 CISSP, ISSEP, CCSP certified.

Jyoti (Jodi) Wadhwa, Director, Solutions Architect Cybersecurity at T-Rex Solutions, LLC

Jyoti Wadhwa is a tech executive with deep expertise and leadership in digital transformation and cyber security. Dynamic and accomplished in government and commercial markets, Jyoti advises the C-suite and operational leaders on strategies for technology-driven orgs. A consummate digital expert, Jyoti drives teams to enable full-scale cyber programs as organizations modernize their IT infrastructure and manage organizational changes. With a current focus supporting Zero Trust initiatives, Jyoti provides leadership for cloud security strategies that reduce risk and strengthen organizational resilience. Jyoti is CISSP, HCISPP, Agile design (ICP) and AWS CCP certified. She also holds an MBA for the University of British Columbia. Jyoti is a co-founder of the Executive Women’s Forum (EWF) Cloud Leadership Forum and a long-term volunteer for Women and Girls in Tech.

Paul Deakin, Principal Solutions Engineer, F5

Paul Deakin is a Principal Solutions Engineer currently working with the DoD group primarily with USAF at F5, a company focused on delivering industry-leading solutions for application delivery analytics and security. He has twenty years of experience in the technology industry, with nine years in the security environment, including leadership roles in directing large-scale projects; and implementation of software/hardware in complex environments; exposure to a wide variety of businesses including insurance, manufacturing, government, aerospace, financial, and healthcare. He holds a master’s degree in computer science and is an F5 Certified Solution Expert in security and Cloud.

Uma Rajagopal, Industry Specialist, Amazon.

With 20+ years IT industry experience committed to enabling the business and bringing security and resiliency to their technology foundations. Industry specialist with deep technical and functional experience in managing and developing global teams, addressing multi-regional security requirements. She is currently working at Amazon and prior to that, she worked at Capital one’s information security office and Security Governance. She holds a masters degree in Cyber security and Information Assurance and holds several Industry certifications such as CCISO, CISSP, CISM, CCSK, CEH, CHFI, PMP, CSM, Azure Fundamentals, GIAC(Strategic Planning, Policy, & Leadership), AWS Security Specialty, AWS Solution Architect and more. Complimenting her professional life, she sits on several advisory boards, mentorship panels and non-profit organizations.

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