Automating Assurance: Continuous Compliance for Cloud and Containerized Environments

Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 12:00pm - 1:00pm PT

Event Type: Chapter/Luncheon Meetings

Location: Virtual Meeting

Udochi Nwobodo, Lead Security Engineer, Mastercard, will be speaking upon traditional compliance programs are built for periodic audits, static systems, and human attestation. In a cloud-native world, where infrastructure changes by the minute, those models can’t keep up. This session explores how automation is transforming compliance from a point-in-time checklist into a continuous, verifiable process. Drawing on real examples from cloud and containerized environments, we’ll look at how infrastructure-as-code, policy-as-code, and event-driven monitoring can continuously enforce and test security controls. We’ll examine practical design patterns that connect compliance frameworks (like SOC 2, NIST 800-53, and PCI-DSS) to real technical evidence sources—Terraform plans, Kubernetes manifests, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud APIs—without requiring manual validation. Attendees will leave with a roadmap for implementing Continuous Compliance Automation in their organizations: how to start small, align automation with existing GRC frameworks, and evolve from reactive audit preparation to proactive, always-on assurance.

Speaker Bio: Udochi Nwobodo is a cloud security and governance-focused cybersecurity professional with experience across major technology and financial services organizations, including Mastercard, Juniper Networks, Coinbase, Twitter, and Adobe. Her work focuses on security automation and translating compliance requirements into practical, measurable technical controls for cloud and containerized environments.

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

Instructional delivery method: Online

CPE credit(s): 1.0 hour

Advanced preparation: None required

Refund Policy: Refunds up to 1 day before event