Jonathan Villa
Practice Director - Cloud Security ,
GuidePoint Security
Jonathan Villa has worked as a technology consultant since 2000 and has worked in the information security field since 2003. For more than 10 years, Jonathan worked with a large municipality as a senior consultant in several competencies including PCI compliance and training, web application architecture and security, vulnerability assessments and developer training, and web application firewall administration. Jonathan also co-architected and managed an automated continuous integration environment that included static and dynamic code analysis for over 150 applications deployed to several distinct environments and platforms.
Jonathan has worked with virtualization and cloud technologies since 2005, and since 2010 has focused primarily on cloud security. Jonathan has worked with clients in various verticals across North America, South America and Asia to design and implement secured public and hybrid cloud environments, integrate security into continuous integration and delivery methodologies and develop custom application and security solutions using the AWS SDK. He has also provided guidance to customers in understanding how to manage their environments under the Shared Responsibility Model.
In addition to providing PCI training, Jonathan also has presented to law enforcement on cybersecurity and was a speaker at the Cloud Security Alliance New York City Summit. Jonathan holds the following certifications: CISSP, CCSP, C|EH, PCIP, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, AWS Certified Developer, AWS Certified DevOps Professional and Security+ certifications including the CSA Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge.
