Karl Ots is a cloud and cybersecurity leader with over 15 years of industry experience. Karl has secured some of the largest enterprises in technology, manufacturing, and finance. In his role at EPAM Systems, a global engineering and consulting company, he serves as Head of Cloud Security. He is the author of the 2024 book Securing Microsoft Azure OpenAI (Wiley). Karl is recognized as with the Microsoft Regional Director and Security MVP. He is a patented inventor, a best-selling author, and an international conference speaker. He has presented in conferences such as ISC2 Congress, InfoSec World, SANS CloudSecNext and BSides.