Mr. Chakra Pavan Kumar Kota

Fortifying the Future: Architecting AI Systems with Zero-Trust & Privacy-By-Design

Abstract:

AI-driven systems today process billions of transactions, power real-time personalization, and steer critical business decisions—yet they remain prime targets for breaches and regulatory scrutiny. In this talk, I’ll explore how to architect next-generation AI platforms with zero-trust security and privacy-by-design as foundational principles. Drawing on my work leading multi-cloud transformations and building event-driven systems processing over a million user interactions per second, I’ll demonstrate integrating AI pipelines with service mesh security, identity federation (OAuth2, SSO), and encryption layers to enforce robust data governance. We’ll also examine novel approaches such as federated learning to preserve data locality while still extracting global intelligence, addressing privacy regulations like GDPR and CCPA. By coupling AI with advanced threat detection, anomaly modeling, and transparent audit trails, organizations can achieve not only regulatory compliance, but customer trust and operational resilience.

Profile:

 

Chakra Pavan Kumar Kota with over 11 years of experience in both academic and industry research, I am eager to contribute to the elevation process. I currently serve as an Architect at Walmart, a leading technology-driven company in the U.S. I hold a Master's degree from the University of Missouri–Kansas City and am pursuing a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence/Data Science at the University of the Cumberlands fields.

My expertise spans Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, and Cloud Computing. I have reviewed numerous research papers for journals and conferences, including IEEE, and am confident in my ability to provide thorough, objective, and constructive evaluations.