Mike Caruso

Vice President of FedRAMP

Mike Caruso’s journey in the cybersecurity field began 19 years ago, when he started as an intern during college for a company performing independent verification & validation testing for a federal agency. Since then, Mr. Caruso has found endless opportunities with other federal contractors to build and implement FISMA programs for other federal agencies. In the last ten years. Mike Caruso began leading the largest FedRAMP 3PAO as FedRAMP began to gain momentum. As Vice President of FedRAMP, Mr. Caruso has supported the company for a decade, which is an intrinsic part of its success. He has been a mentor and a teacher, discussing strategies for FedRAMP requirements and business development opportunities.

After earning his B.S. in Information Systems and minoring in Business Administration at Radford University, Mike Caruso started his career in cybersecurity by working closely with other professionals. He received his CISSP and CCSP from ISC2, and CCSK from Cloud Security Alliance. He is immensely proud to be a part of the largest and most experienced FedRAMP advisory and assessment firms in the country. With nearly 20 years in the industry, Mr. Caruso has used his experience in cybersecurity to provide audit and advisory services to commercial and government clients, and he’s excited about the endless growth opportunities, supporting teams with the desire to adopt new technology for smarter ways of achieving greater value for complex client needs. You can check in with him on LinkedIn and see all the good he is doing with Coalfire Federal.