AWS UG Dubai Meetup #24: GITEX Technology Week Special

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This month we invite our members for a flavorful and special GITEX Technology Week meetup.

👉 Building and Scaling Technical Communities by Mark Birch

Joining us AWS Global Startup Advocate and author of the book Community-in-a-Box, Mark Birch, to share his experiences in building technical communities. Mark has built his own global communities and also gained insights into what it takes to build and scale communities based on his time at Stack Overflow.

👉 Managing S3 & IAM Security in Large-Scale Orgs by Khaled Farah

Next comes Khaled Farah cloud security engineer at Careem where he will discuss IAM misconfiguration which causes 65% of detected cloud data breaches. With the rapid adoption of the cloud, IAM security is becoming more complicated. In the session, Khaled will focus on one aspect, which is S3 security, he will dive into some strategies for protecting S3 buckets in large-scale orgs.

🎙 About the Speakers

Mark Birch
https://www.linkedin.com/in/startupmark/

Mark is a community builder, software entrepreneur, business development expert, and startup advisor. He currently works at AWS as a Principal Startup Advocate advising founders and sharing the stories of how startups across Asia-Pacific successfully build and scale their startups on AWS. Previously, Mark founded the Enterprise Sales Forum, a global community of 25,000 B2B sales professionals, and DEV.BIZ.OPS, a newsletter and blog. Mark was also with Stack Overflow to help launch and commercialize their Enterprise Q&A platform and then led efforts to expand business in APAC working with C-level executives to help them understand how to build internal tech communities in order to improve software delivery performance. Before that he launched an HR tech startup, invested in numerous B2B tech companies and worked at a diverse group of leading technology companies including Oracle, E.piphany, and Siebel.

Khaled Farah
https://www.linkedin.com/in/khaledfarah/

Khaled is a senior software/cloud security engineer with a handful of years of building, maintaining, and breaking software systems.
Currently, Khaled is working at Careem as a cloud security lead, handling multiple cloud security topics.

⏳ Agenda

18:30 - 19:00 🍿 Lounge Open / Warm up / Intro

19:00 - 20:30 ☁️ 👨🏻‍💻 Talks

20:30 - 21:00 🍕 Pizza & Networking

☁️ Hosts

Hussain Mansoor, AWS Community Builder / AWS User Group Leader
http://linkedin.com/in/husyn/ - husyn.dev

Hameedullah Khan, AWS Community Builder / AWS User Group Leader
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hameedullahkhan/

Sabiha Ashik, AWS Community Builder / AWS User Group Leader
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabiha-ashik/

Anas Khattar, AWS Hero
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anaskhattar/

🌍 Venue

The meetup will be in-person at Careem Dubai HQ Office.

📝 Requirements
No requirements, come as you are.

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