Workday SVP Campbell Webb on securing government data in the cloud

Campbell Webb, Senior Vice President of Infrastructure Engineering at Workday, discussed the benefits of transitioning from legacy systems to modern commercial SaaS solutions, emphasizing enhanced data security. Workday’s platform, re-engineered for resiliency, performance, and security, leverages cloud-first approaches and Kubernetes for automated provisioning and scale-out recovery. Key security features include disjoint containers, end-to-end encryption, zero-trust architecture and customer-controlled data encryption in memory. Webb also discusses how Workday invests heavily in federal compliance, adapting processes and technology to meet evolving federal requirements and ensuring robust security and privacy for federal agencies.