Cloud-native Security and Policy: A Primer

Evan Kwisnek

Presentation: Modern system architectures have exceeded the bounds of traditional data centers and become increasingly reliant on cloud service providers and their platforms. Networks previously confined to on-premises facilities now span the globe, exposing critical business functions to malicious actors, unexpected outages, and costly downtime. Databases holding critical and sensitive customer data live in regional facilities over which we have no control. How do we meet the security engineering and policy governance challenges that cloud-native, hybrid, and edge deployments present while limiting complexity, speeding adoption among engineers, and providing our customers with secure, reliable, and performant systems? Join us as we explore practical and actionable solutions to these problems.

Speaker: Evan currently works as a system architect and engineer at Everwatch Solutions, Inc., where he collaborates with a team of system engineers, software developers, testers, and system administrators to modernize, design, and deploy performant and secure distributed systems. Evan previously served in the U.S. Army and has worked within the Department of Defense since 2004 as an intelligence systems technician, network engineer, system administrator, and technology instructor. He is a cloud-native and open-source advocate.

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Agenda:

6:00 – 6:45 pm Networking
6:45 – 7:00 pm Chapter Business Meeting
7:00 – 8:00 pm LECTURE