Chris Hughes is the CISO and Co-Founder of Aquia, a consulting firm focused on Cloud Security, Cyber and DevSecOps in the public sector such as Federal Civilian and DoD agencies. He has nearly 20 years of experience in Cybersecurity. Chris also teaches as an adjunct professor in M.S. Cybersecurity programs at University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) and Capitol Technology University. Chris is active in industry groups such as the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Chris regularly speaks, teaches and consults around complex cloud security challenges facing the industry.