[ONLINE] February 2026 ISACA Puget Sound Meeting

When:  Feb 10, 2026 from 12:00 to 13:00 (PT)
Associated with  Puget Sound Chapter

FedRamp: How it's changing, the good and the bad

Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2026, from 12:00pm - 1:00p PT

Aron Nakazato, Security Government Compliance Manager, CloudFlare, will be discussing the benefits and challenges that changes have brought to the FedRAMP program. FedRAMP was established in 2011 by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the program has gone through several major changes. The most recent edition of these changes, FedRAMP 20x, appeared promising when first announced, but has it lived up to the hype? Aron will talk about how these changes have impacted Cloudflare and his opinion on the benefits and challenges that these changes have brought to the FedRAMP program.

Speaker Bio: Aron was born and raised on the island of Oahu in Hawaii and earned a BBA with a focus in MIS from the University of Hawaii. He moved to Washington State in 2018 and currently resides in Auburn. His career in Cyber Security Compliance started roughly 10 years ago at KPMG where he transitioned from the Systems Integration Team that helped build the State of Hawaii's Medicare Eligibility System to the Security Team that was tasked with maintaining compliance with CMS MARS-E and IRS Publication 1075 requirements. Later, he joined Coalfire in Seattle, WA to advise Clients on how to obtain and/or maintain FedRAMP compliance. Eventually, he ended up joining Cloudflare, one of my former clients, to lead their effort to achieve a FedRAMP Moderate ATO. Nowadays, he manages a team of compliance specialists at Cloudflare that obtains and maintains government-related Cybersecurity Certifications such as FedRAMP in the United States, IRAP in Australia, ISMAP in Japan, and ENS in Spain

Location: Virtual Meeting

Pricing: Members - Free; Non-members - $20

Instructional delivery method: Online

CPE credit(s): 1.0 hour

Advanced preparation: None required

Event Type: Chapter/Luncheon Meetings

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