ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Graham Thompson is the founder of Intrinsec Security, a cloud security consulting and training organization that serves enterprises and governments across North America. He is a security professional with more than 25 years of experience in areas such as systems engineering, technical architecture, vulnerability assessment, and a variety of management roles. He has built successful multimillion-dollar security solutions for leading enterprises and government agencies.
Since 2010, Graham has dedicated himself to cloud security. He has architected and assessed cloud security solutions for government agencies and Fortune 500 financial, telecom, and retail companies across North America. He is a Cloud Security Alliance and (ISC)2 authorized trainer of CCSK, CISSP, and CCSP, a course he helped develop as a subject matter expert.
In addition to his CSA and (ISC)2 certifications, Graham has obtained multiple certifications, including Amazon, ISACA (CISA), Microsoft (MCSE), Cisco, Symantec, Fortinet, SANS, and others. He attended McGill University in Montreal and has been an adjunct professor for multiple security courses at Algonquin College in Ottawa.
About the Technical Editors
Ryan Bergsma, CCSK, is a dedicated cybersecurity professional who endeavors to promote best practices in cybersecurity in general and cloud security in particular. As the Training Program Director for the Cloud Security Alliance, he is constantly looking for ways to turn the most recent best practices documentation into training products that can help to fill the cybersecurity skills gap and develop individuals who can create a more secure cyber ecosystem. Ryan comes from a sales and business background and holds a bachelor’s degree in computer information system security.
Daniele Catteddu is a security and risk management practitioner and a privacy evangelist. He worked in senior roles in both the private and public sectors. Currently, he is the CTO at Cloud Security Alliance, where he is responsible for driving the adoption of the organization technology strategy. He is the co-founder of the CSA STAR Program and a member of the Italian Standard National delegation at ISO/IEC SC27. He is a lecturer at the Maastricht University Centre on Privacy & Cybersecurity, a member of the European Privacy Association Scientific Committee, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Kent University CyberSecurity. In the past, he worked at ENISA, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, as an expert in the areas of critical information infrastructure protection and emerging and future risks. Before joining ENISA, he worked as an information security consultant in the banking and financial sector. He holds a master’s degree in business administration and economics from the University of Parma (Italy). He is a frequent keynote speaker at leading security conferences and the author of several papers on cybersecurity and privacy.
Dr. Peter van Eijk, CCSK, CCSP, is a highly accomplished information technology professional with more than 40 years of experience in many fields of information and communications technology as well as computer science. He is a practitioner, a researcher, and a teacher. His experience includes teaching and researching computer networks, managing many projects and groups on digital infrastructure projects, and acting as the technical director of an Internet service provider. In his consulting career, his practical experience includes IT shared services cost and risk assessments, client-service architectures, IT strategy, collaborative architectures, and shared services implementations. He has also been active in ISO standardization activities, on government committees on critical network infrastructures, and as a volunteer for CSA activities. He authored and delivered several cloud-training programs, including the first version of what is now known as CompTIA Cloud Essentials. He is currently working as an independent CCSK trainer and as an associate professor of cybersecurity and the cloud at Hogeschool Utrecht. He holds a master’s degree in mathematics and computer science from the University of Groningen and a PhD from Twente University.