Benfeng Chen

Benfeng Chen is a cybersecurity innovator, open-source advocate, and Chair of the CSA Greater China Region Zero Trust Working Group. He is the inventor and lead author of the Network-infrastructure Hiding Protocol (NHP), a pioneering contribution extending Zero Trust principles to the network session layer.

As a key contributor to the CSA Software-Defined Perimeter (SDP) v2 and v3 specifications, he served as the main editor for the SPA/NHP section. Under his leadership, the CSA GCR Zero Trust Working Group translated and published over 30 CSA Zero Trust whitepapers and produced 4 influential books on Zero Trust security, significantly advancing education and adoption across Asia.

Benfeng also leads the OpenNHP open-source project, which operationalizes NHP and the Data-object Hiding Protocol (DHP) to protect network and data visibility in the AI era, bridging international CSA frameworks with China’s emerging Zero Trust standards.

Contributions: Lead author of NHP Spec :
https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/artifacts/applying-zero-trust-principles-with-network-infrastructure-hiding-protocol-stealth-mode-software-defined-perimeter-for-network-infrastructure