Rich has 20 years experience in information security, physical security, and risk management. He is a founder of DisruptOPS, a cloud operations and security platform, and the independent research firm Securosis. He is also the principle course designer of the Cloud Security Alliance training class, main writer of the CSA Guidance version 4, and actively works on developing hands-on cloud security techniques. Prior to founding DisruptOPS and Securosis, Rich was a Research Vice President at Gartner on the security team. Prior to his seven years at Gartner, Rich worked as an independent consultant, web application developer, software development manager at the University of Colorado, and systems and network administrator. Rich is the Security Editor of TidBITS and is a frequent industry speaker at events including the RSA Security Conference, Black Hat, and DefCon, and has spoken on every continent except Antarctica (where he's happy to speak for free -- assuming travel is covered).