Joshua McCloud is Senior Director and Head of Security Solutions for Southeast Asia at Avanade, where he leads the company’s regional security services business and go-to-market strategy. He and his team help clients harness the Microsoft security platform to reduce risk, strengthen governance, and adopt AI with confidence as they transform their businesses.
Previously, Joshua served as the National Cybersecurity Advisor at Cisco, where he was responsible for protecting Cisco’s enterprise business operations, ensuring the security and integrity of Cisco’s products and services, and collaborating with governments, industry, and standards bodies to strengthen national cybersecurity
posture.
Joshua has worked for over 25 years in the public and private sector environment supporting customers in Asia, the US, Europe, Middle East, and Africa. He has deep expertise in cybersecurity, architectural methodologies and frameworks, and software-defined networking. Joshua is a frequent speaker at industry events, has
published numerous articles, and co-authored the book SAP on the Cloud.