Karl Ots

Karl Ots is a cloud and cybersecurity leader with over 15 years of experience working with large enterprises in fields such as technology, manufacturing, and finance. Karl is recognized as the global top technology visionary with the Microsoft Regional Director award. He is a patented inventor, best-selling author, a LinkedIn Learning instructor, and a Microsoft Azure MVP. He holds the Azure Security Engineer, SABSA Foundation SCF, and CISSP certifications. Karl is a frequent speaker on cloud security topics at global conferences such as Microsoft Ignite or (ISC)2 Security Congress. In his role at EPAM Systems, a global engineering and consulting company, he serves as Head of Cloud Security. He hosts the Cloud Gossip podcast. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), IT Audit, Information Security, cloud security, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, Ali Cloud, Identity and Access Management (IAM), risk management, threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), virtual CISO, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Security Operations Center (SOC), SecOps, DevSecOps, Application Security, API Security, cloud security, Network security, Zero Trust, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Security Architecture, Enterpise Architecture, container security, Kubernetes, cloud-native security, regulatory framework, complaince, NIST, CIS, PCI, ISO 27001, privacy, Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).