All too often security is a disconnected series of manual tasks spread across a diaspora of different tools. However, many organizations are breaking the meat cloud habit and integrating automation of security workflows and controls in novel ways. This is especially true in organizations using cloud, SDN, and/or DevOps practices. In this roundtable we will exchange and discuss the latest real-world security automation and orchestration techniques. Leave the theory at home, and bring your code.
SECUROSIS, L.L.C. Rich has twenty years experience in information security, physical security, and risk management. He specializes in cloud security, data security, application security, emerging security technologies, and security management. He is also the principle course designer of the Cloud Security Alliance training class and actively works on developing hands-on cloud security techniques. Prior to founding Securosis, Rich was a Research Vice President at Gartner on the security team. Prior to his seven years at Gartner, Rich worked as an independent consultant, web application developer, software development manager at the University of Colorado, and systems and network administrator. Rich is the Security Editor of TidBITS and a frequent contributor to publications ranging from Information Security Magazine to Macworld. He is a frequent industry speaker at events including the RSA Security Conference, Black Hat, and DefCon, and has spoken on every continent except Antarctica (where he's happy to speak for free -- assuming travel is covered).