Cloud Security Alliance appoints EMEA strategy advisor

Raj Samani is the new volunteer EMEA strategy advisor for the -for-profit Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), which provides advice and guidance for cloud users.

Samani, who is the EMEA CTO of computer security giant McAfee and former vice president of communications with ISSA UK, will advise the CSA on best practices, as well as directing projects within EMEA. Jim Reavis, CSA co-founder & executive director, says: "The CSA is strongly committed to furthering our work in this region, building on the work already being done. We look forward to Raj's contributions to help support our mission throughout EMEA." "I am really excited about working closer with the CSA, comments Samani. "The cloud represents a fundamental shift in the way organisations will do business in the 21st century, and the work that the CSA and CAMM are doing is fundamental toward wide scale secure adoption of cloud computing."