Mike Sprunger | Manager, Global Governance Team | Insight
Country: United States
Forum: The Open Trusted Technology Forum (OTTF)
Membership Level: Silver
Q. How long have you been involved with The Open Group?
4 months
Q. What do you do, and how long have you been doing it?
40+ years in the financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, and IT services industries with the last 25+ years with responsibilities in the cybersecurity and risk management fields. Current responsibilities include coordinating with our Legal and Compliance teams to assure corporate alignment with existing and emerging legislation and industry regulations globally.
Q. How has/will membership in The Open Group benefit you, your organization, and the industry at large?
O-TTPS is a requirement for many market verticals here in the US. Many contracts and/or bids require certification of parties interested in responding to the client.
Q. Why is it important for other organizations to join The Open Group?
Open standards go a long way toward minimal capability integration regardless of the vendors involved. But it doesn’t assure all capabilities transcend various implementations.
Q. What book are you currently reading?
Adversarial AI Attacks, Mitigations and Defense Strategies � John Sotiropoulos
Q. What social networks do you belong to? None other than LinkedIn