Open Tech Calendar

We have 2 great speakers lined up for our next event so please RSVP if you would like to attend!

The speakers are:

Stu Hirst, Principal Cloud Security Engineer at Just Eat:

"Thinking Out Cloud" - my journey into Cloud Security and learnings from my time at tech companies in the Cloud.

Stu is currently a Principal Cloud Security Engineer, leading the Cloud Security function
for Just Eat, a FTSE 100 company & leading online food ordering service.
He was instrumental in building Skyscanner’s Security team from[masked], having led them to the final of SC Magazine’s Security Team Of The Year 2017.
He has previously worked in security at The Trainline, was part of the Cyber Leadership Team at Capital One UK and was Head Of Cloud Security at the Photobox Group.

He has twice been nominated as a finalist for Cyber Evangelist Of The Year at the Scottish Cyber Awards and is one half of Cyber Scotland Connect.

Stu has appeared at numerous leading Security events such as InfoSec Europe, Cloud Expo Europe, BSides (various) and Future Of Cyber Security.

Twitter: @StuHirstinfosec

Davin Fligel, Public Cloud Principal Systems Engineer UK&I at Fortinet:

"Transit Gateway as a security enabler? Securing Applications vs Network Security"

Firewall placement and scaling, the quirks of AWS networking and the consequences this has on security choices and performance.

Both should be really informative and give you new insights into managing the security of your applications and infrastructure on AWS, whether you are just starting out or an experienced user.

Thank you to Skyscanner for hosting the event and CirrusHQ for the pizza!