NOMINATION HIGHLIGHTS

Naga S. Cherukupalle is a Principal Architect with over 17 years of experience in securing and modernizing enterprise infrastructure across hybrid cloud, on-premises datacenters, and edge environments. His leadership has driven cybersecurity transformation in critical sectors including retail, supply chain, and financial services.

He has led the design and implementation of AI-driven infrastructure security frameworks, including GPU workload isolation, zero-trust enforcement, and real-time policy automation across multi-cloud environments. His enterprise contributions include building compliance-ready VDI platforms, automating IaC-based provisioning pipelines, and integrating governance controls into infrastructure orchestration layers resulting in measurable improvements in operational security, provisioning speed, and regulatory alignment.

In May 2025, Naga was awarded a UK Registered Design for the “Multi-Cloud Compliance and Audit Assistant Device.” This innovation presents a unified hardware-software framework that enables AI-augmented telemetry analysis, real-time policy enforcement, and audit-driven compliance visualization across cloud and on-prem platforms addressing one of the most critical security gaps in hybrid enterprise environments.

His work is further supported by multiple peer-reviewed scholarly articles (2023–2025) covering quantum-resilient cloud architectures, federated compliance automation, AI-driven VDI optimization, and secure edge infrastructure simulation. These contributions have strengthened industry understanding of secure multi-cloud operations and policy-governed infrastructure design.

Naga also serves as a peer reviewer for IEEE conferences and journals, offering expert insights in areas such as secure orchestration, AI-native infrastructure, and compliance automation reflecting his ongoing commitment to technical community development.

This nomination reflects a rare combination of enterprise-scale execution, patented innovation, and academic thought leadership. Naga’s cybersecurity contributions continue to deliver tangible business value through secure modernization, compliance readiness, and AI-integrated governance making him a standout candidate for the Cybersecurity Excellence Architect of the Year award.