Brian Sletten

Identity

How do we define identity in a distributed software system? How do we manage it securely? How do we make identity assertions and verify those claims?

Technologies don't magically become solutions. They are used within domain, design and deployment contexts. This talk will focus on the singular notion of Identity and how it cross-cuts the distributed systems we are building.

Privilege

Authenticated Identities are the first step to establish Privilege. Most systems fail to have sufficiently, deeply entrenched notion of how to apply and minimize privilege to avoid data and systems from being abused.

Technologies don't magically become solutions. They are used within domain, design and deployment contexts. This talk will focus on the singular notion of Privilege and how it cross-cuts the distributed systems we are building.

Integration

Data integration costs are well beyond what they should be for such a crucial business function. The good news is that they needn't be. By relying on integration-friendly standards and technologies that were designed to support sharing information, we can reduce these costs while increasing our business capabilities.

Technologies don't magically become solutions. They are used within domain, design and deployment contexts. This talk will focus on the singular notion of Integration and how it cross-cuts the distributed systems we are building.

Evolution

Our biological world changes gracefully. Our information world changes much less so. How can we embrace the inevitable technological, procedural and schematic flux that we know is going to visit upon us at some point?

Technologies don't magically become solutions. They are used within domain, design and deployment contexts. This talk will focus on the singular notion of Evolution and how it cross-cuts the distributed systems we are building.

Secrecy

Information conveys value as it travels around our systems, resting for a time in our data stores. The value we get out of it is sometimes matched by the value others would get from it as well. We need mechanisms to protect sensitive information from prying eyes and control with whom we share it.

Technologies don't magically become solutions. They are used within domain, design and deployment contexts. This talk will focus on the singular notion of Secrecy and how it cross-cuts the distributed systems we are building.

Trust

Learning to Trust in a distributed system is a complex and harrowing process. By combining the notions of Identity and Secrecy we can build protocols that help us achieve it.

Technologies don't magically become solutions. They are used within domain, design and deployment contexts. This talk will focus on the singular notion of Trust and how it cross-cuts the distributed systems we are building.

Taming the Blockchain with Ethereum

Bitcoin has roundly entered the public consciousness, but it is limited in its use beyond the specific constraints of the cryptocurrency. Ethereum is a new platform that has enabled developers to innovate in creating their own cryptocurrencies, platforms, smart contracts and more.

Architecture and Innovation

Architecture does more than describe the system as it is. It also establishes incentives, cost structures, organizational patterns and a marketplace for ideas upon which various players will innovate. One of the reasons the Web has been so successful is because it does this in a way that encourages a wide participation from varied players due to the nature of the architecture upon which it is built: The Internet.

Web Security Workshop

If you're not terrified, you're not paying attention.

Publishing information on the Web does not require us to just give it away. We have a series of tools and techniques for managing identity, authentication, authorization and encryption so we only share content with those we trust.

Before we tackle Web Security, however, we need to figure out what we mean by Security. We will pull from the worlds of Security Engineering and Software Security to lay the foundation for technical approaches to protecting our web resources. We will also discuss the assault on encryption, web security features and emerging technologies that will hopefully help strengthen our ability to protect what we hold dear.

Web Security Workshop

If you're not terrified, you're not paying attention.

Publishing information on the Web does not require us to just give it away. We have a series of tools and techniques for managing identity, authentication, authorization and encryption so we only share content with those we trust.

Before we tackle Web Security, however, we need to figure out what we mean by Security. We will pull from the worlds of Security Engineering and Software Security to lay the foundation for technical approaches to protecting our web resources. We will also discuss the assault on encryption, web security features and emerging technologies that will hopefully help strengthen our ability to protect what we hold dear.