Joseph Witles

Joseph Witles serves as the Director of Global Public Sector & Sovereign Cloud at Zscaler since April 2024, while concurrently contributing as a Cloud Services Provider Advisory Board Member for the CSP-AB since January 2023. Witles' previous roles include Director of Security Assurance and Compliance Engineering at VMware and Senior Director for FedRAMP & Assurance Services at Coalfire, where innovative compliance strategies for hyperscale cloud providers were developed. As a Principal at Veris Group, Witles managed risk-based assessments in line with FISMA and FedRAMP standards. Early experience includes roles at the Social Security Administration and in network security analysis at SAIC, alongside a foundational position as a System Administrator. Witles holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.