Hume Seminar Series: Introduction to Cloud Assurance

About the Event

Learn about topics such as cloud technology, cybersecurity, and assurance, and how they integrate to create a massive need in the market for cloud security and assurance professionals. We will discuss the importance and potential opportunities in these fields that traditionally are not known to students. These disciplines combine the principles of technical engineering capabilities with the business/risk management ways of thinking. Please join us to explore these rapidly growing fields, and receive a “Certificate of Completion” from Amazon Web Services (AWS).

About the Speaker

Paul Hong

Paul Hong is a cybersecurity, compliance, and audit leader with extensive experience across industries and regions, including the U.S. public sector. He currently leads the Amazon Web Services (AWS) security assurance training and education program in the United States. In this role, Paul develops and delivers cloud security and compliance trainings for customers, regulators, and auditors in regulated industries, including the US government, DoD, energy,  financial services, gaming, and telecom. Paul’s work also includes enabling public sector and regulated industry adoption of the AWS Cloud through collaboration with regulators to earn trust and navigate the assessment and authorization processes required for AWS cloud service offerings.

Prior to joining AWS, Paul spent his career as an IT security professional with PwC and RSM working directly with Fortune 500 companies auditing or consulting on IT process, security, and risk projects. Paul is a CISSP, CEH, and CPA, and holds a Masters of Accounting Information Systems and a Bachelors of Business Administration from James Madison University, Virginia.

If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact Sarah Downer at humecenter@vt.edu during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.