Optimising Kubernetes deployments with Helm & Security is a Thing

Feel welcome to attend this meetup and engage in 2 talks from the experienced speakers Erwin de Gier (Trifork) and Vasco Veloso (Code Nomads). The location is the office of Code Nomads, situated in Pand Noord at Meeuwenlaan 100 in Amsterdam.

17:45 Doors open
18:00 Food & drinks
18:30 Session 1: "Security is a Thing" by Vasco Veloso
19:30 Short break
19:45 Session 2: "Optimising Kubernetes deployments with Helm" by Erwin de Gier
20:45 Drinks to end the meetup

Both sessions will be presented in English.

Session 1: "Security is a Thing" by Vasco Veloso

More and more devices are connected to the internet: from pacemakers, two-ton vehicles and voice recognition smart speakers to thermostats and smoke detectors. We rely on them to survive, work and play; yet all the collected data is stored somewhere in the cloud and companies are collecting all they can to make a profit / market out of it. And that’s where it gets scary…

In this talk I’ll present to you an overview of security and privacy challenges that must be faced and solved when creating new Things for the Internet of Things. Attackers can intercept communications, re-program hardware, spy on users and steal data. We'll discuss why users should be wary of Things violating their privacy and why Things are inherently insecure. You’ll see a couple of examples of attack vectors and learn about some risk mitigation strategies including cryptography, pseudonymization, trust borders and hardware design tips.

About Vasco Veloso (Software Developer / Architect at Code Nomads)
Vasco brings teams together to produce well-crafted software. He enjoys sharing knowledge by teaching and learning. On top of that, he likes to design software and things. He worked in telecommunications and in embedded system development, which got him worried... In his spare time, he’s discovering the city of Amsterdam, loves photography and is very much interested in the aviation industry.

Session 2: Optimising Kubernetes deployments with Helm by Erwin de Gier

Kubernetes is has become a very popular platform for running and managing your application in Docker containers. However, the basis Kubernetes YAML files are a bit cumbersome to work with. Helm is a tool which manages these deployments for you. It makes it easy to do versioning and templating of Kubernetes file. It also allows you to define dependencies between deployable components. This talk will give an introduction of Helm and discusses the most important features.

About Erwin de Gier (Software Architect at Trifork)
Erwin designs software solutions based on open source technology and helps teams getting started with their projects. He is currently working on a crypto currency trading platform running on Kubernetes. Erwin likes to share knowledge by giving workshops and presentations.