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Jon Zeolla is the founder and CEO of Zenable, a tech company that uses a Governance-first, fully automated approach to streamline cloud-native technology adoption and security. Jon aims to eliminate corporate toil and inefficiency by automating governance and simplifying data gathering and analysis. He’s also a founder of Seiso where they partner with tech companies to implement low-friction security and compliance. His work at Seiso earned him the 2021 Start-Up Innovator of the Year Award.

• Machine Learning/AI for Security
• DevSecOps
• Cloud Security (AWS Specialty)
• Distributed Systems Security
• Security Program Development
  

• Member of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Security Technical Advisory Group, and contributor to numerous Open Source Security Foundation (OSSF) working groups.
• Creator of and contributor to numerous open source tools.
• Awarded the start-up innovator of the year award in 2021.
• Founder of the Steel City InfoSec (DC412) user group, and the PittSec collaboration space.
• Core organizer of BSides Pittsburgh and cofounder of the managing company, Burgh Security Events.

• CISSP – ISC2
• GCUX, GPEN, GCWN, GPPA, GSSP-.net – GIAC
• Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE): Security – Microsoft
• Undergraduate degrees in information technology and security and forensics
• SANS SEC540: Cloud Security and DevSecOps Certified Instructor

Jon Zeolla joined the IANS Faculty in 2021. He delivers deep domain-level insights to clients across the following areas: DevSecOps, cloud security (AWS specialty), distributed systems security, security program development, & data analysis.