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Working Group

CAVEaT™

The Joint CSA-MITRE Cloud Adversarial, Vectors, and Threats (CAVEaT) Collaboration to develop, curate, and host a cloud specific threat model to assist Cloud Security practitioners with threat-based analysis.
Cloud Adversarial Vectors, Exploits, and Threats (CAVEaT™): An Emerging Threat Matrix for Industry Collaboration
Cloud Adversarial Vectors, Exploits, and Threats (CAVEaT™): An Emerging Threat Matrix for Industry Collaboration

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CSA and the MITRE Corporation have established the Cloud Adversarial, Vectors, Exploits, and Threats (CAVEaT) collaboration to develop, curate, and host cloud specific threat models to assist Cloud Security practitioners with threat-based analysis.

Working Group Leadership

Kurt Seifried
Kurt Seifried

Kurt Seifried

Chief Innovation Officer, CSA

For over two decades, Kurt has excelled in information security, starting with Windows and Linux, and advancing to cloud computing and AI. With a strong focus on AI security, privacy, and open source, Kurt brings extensive expertise to the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA).

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Dr. Mari Spina
Dr. Mari Spina

Dr. Mari Spina

Sr. Principal Cybersecurity Engineer / Cloud Security Capability Leader at MITRE

Dr. Spina joined MITRE in 2014 and has been supporting a multitude of MITRE Federal sponsors including DHS, DoD and the IC in the area of Cloud Security. At MITRE, she is a Principle Cybersecurity Engineer, leads the Cloud Security Capability Area, and teaches Cloud Security for the MITRE Institute. She has also taught many Information Technology courses for the George Washington University schools of engineering and business. Before joini...

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Publications in ReviewOpen Until
AI Security Maturity ModelFeb 27, 2026
Navigating Identity and Access Management (IAM) Standards and ProtocolsFeb 28, 2026
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Who can join?

Anyone can join a working group, whether you have years of experience or want to just participate as a fly on the wall.

What is the time commitment?

The time commitment for this group varies depending on the project. You can spend a 15 minutes helping review a publication that's nearly finished or help author a publication from start to finish.

Open Peer Reviews

Peer reviews allow security professionals from around the world to provide feedback on CSA research before it is published.

Learn how to participate in a peer review here.

AI Security Maturity Model

Open Until: 02/27/2026

The objective of the CSA AI Security Maturity Model (AISMM) is to provide organizations a roadmap on building an enterprise...

Navigating Identity and Access Management (IAM) Standards and Protocols

Open Until: 02/28/2026

In today’s interconnected digital landscape and ever increasing identity-based attacks, securing user identities and managi...