Evelyn de Souza

Evelyn is a data center and cloud security evangelist for the Security Technology Group at Cisco responsible for championing holistic and next generation security solutions . She is a strong proponent of building automated, repeatable processes that enable organizations to sustain compliance while optimizing security posture and reducing costs. To this end, she pioneered the development of such tools in her previous role as the McAfee Compliance Mapping Matrix, which cross-maps various regulations, standards, and frameworks to e solutions and the McAfee PCI Mapping Tool. She currently co-chairs the Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) and is focused on harmonizing efforts across industry initiatives such as the Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA). Evelyn is a dedicated security professional with more than 12 years in the IT security industry. She enjoys engaging with industry analysts, customers, and partners to discuss industry trends and how security solutions can be best implemented to meet the needs of next-generation datacenters. She holds a Bachelors of Arts degree with honors in music from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. She blogs at the 21st Century Network and is on Twitter at: e_desouza.

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