🔐 AWS Security Meetup – 3rd September 2025

Hosted by AWS User Group Singapore x AWS Security Users Group Singapore

Hey AWS Community,
After a packed relaunch in July, the AWS Security User Group Singapore is back this September at the AWS Singapore office! 🎉

This meetup is all about bringing security and cloud practitioners together. Security is broad. Cloud moves fast. Let’s meet in the middle — share what works, what breaks, and how to ship safer, faster.

📅 Date: Wednesday, 3rd September 2025
🕡 Time: 6.30pm – 9.00pm
📍 Location: AWS Singapore; 2 Central Blvd, IOI Central Boulevard East Towers, Level 5

🎤 Speakers

✅ Building a GitOps AWS Account Vending Machine for Sandboxes and Beyond
📌 Eugene Lim – Lead Cybersecurity Engineer, Open Government Products
How do you give developers secure, self-service cloud environments without chaos? Eugene shares how OGP built a GitOps-powered AWS account vending machine that enables sandbox experimentation while maintaining guardrails.

✅ 50 Shades of Purple - The Cloud Edition
📌 Pengfei Yu – Solution Architect (APJ & SAARC),
Picus Security
So your organisation spent loads on AWS security controls – GuardDuty, Security Hub, CloudTrail, the works. But when APT groups abuse IAM roles or exfiltrate data through misconfigured S3, can your security stack actually detect it? Pengfei shows how Purple Teaming can validate your defences and help you win that fiery chat with your CISO. Because hoping it works is not a strategy — validating is.

✅ Securing APIs Without Slowing Down Developers
📌 Tay Boon Wah – Senior Solutions Engineer, Akamai
APIs power everything in the cloud, but securing them often feels like slowing developers down with endless checklists. Boon Wah explores practical ways to secure APIs without breaking developer flow: testing APIs early, monitoring them in runtime, and tackling common pitfalls like broken object authorization and excessive data exposure. You will leave with actionable practices — whether you are writing code, running APIs, or securing them in production.

🚨 IMPORTANT – REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED VIA THE AWS SECURITY MEETUP PAGE
👉 Please RSVP here:
🔗 https://www.meetup.com/aws-security-users-group-singapore/events/310420477/
📌 This event is hosted under the AWS Security Users Group Singapore.
📩 All attendees must register via the link above to receive a confirmation email and secure access to the venue.
❗ Registrations on other meetup pages will not be considered valid.

📸 Kindly note that photographs and recordings captured during the event will be used for future promotional purposes.

🍕 Agenda & Housekeeping
💡 Pro Tip: Arrive early to avoid queues and secure your seat for the sharing sessions!
🍕 Pizza Time: Dinner starts at 6.30pm, enjoy pizza and drinks before the talks begin.
🎤 Talks start around 7.00pm
🍻 Post-Event Networking: Stick around to meet fellow builders, practitioners, and experts.
🎁 Swag & Promo Codes: AWS swag and giveaways await those who stay till the end!

🔗 Connect with us:
Meetup: AWS Security Users Group Singapore
Meetup: AWS User Group Singapore
LinkedIn: AWS User Group Singapore
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nkZagBG
📬 Enquiries: [aws.usergroup.singapore@gmail.com](mailto:aws.usergroup.singapore@gmail.com)