Hi Architects,
Welcome to our next AWS Sydney Well-Architected User Group Meetup for 2025, including more exceptional speakers and topics! :-D
At each meetup we covered off various pillars in detail, best-practices and insights from industry leaders that specialise in the Well-Architected Framework.
And giving away drones, of course. Lots of drones. Last month we gave away 6! 🥳
The speakers for this month!
- Lindsay Holmwood, Chief Product and Technology Officer, CipherStash
Protecting sensitive data in DynamoDB with searchable encryption
As architects, data security is a non-negotiable attribute of our solution designs. The traditional go-to technique to protect data is to build layers of controls around sensitive data. But there is always a constraint: sensitive data must be stored in plaintext. What if we could encrypt it and perform range, match, and unique queries without ever decrypting it? This would allow us to exceed the design principles of the Security Pillar and protect data in transit, at rest, and in-use.
In this talk you will learn:
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Why traditional encryption doesn’t give you the security outcomes you think it does
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What searchable encryption is, and how it works in DynamoDB (and PostgreSQL)
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How to use unique keys for every value you encrypt, while keeping your workloads fast and reliable
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Mystery Speaker
Resilience the Well-Architected Way
In this talk, we dive deep into the reliability and resilience pillar of Well-Architected best-practices with some recommendations, tools and customer stories.
This month's menu will include:
- Pizzas
- Beer: Nastro Azzuro
- Wine: Big and red 🤤
***NB: Please enter via Kent St***
So come join us at 5:30 for a 6pm SHARP start, followed by beer, wine, pizza and friendly networking after our talks :-)
