2026-07 Securing Kubernetes

Running workloads in Kubernetes without a properly configured security context is like leaving your server room unlocked! Join Daniel Dias, Principle Cloud Security Architect at RBC as we learn how to lock down containerized deployments.

Where: Platform Calgary, East Annex
When: Wednesday, July 29, at 5:30 PM
Schedule:
5:30 - Pizza and Networking
6:00 - Presentations and Discussion
7:30 - Wrap up

Presentation - Kubernetes Security
Presenter: Daniel Dias, Principle Cloud Security Architect at RBC
In this session, we’ll explore what security contexts are, why they matter, and how misconfigurations can expose your cluster to privilege escalation, container breakouts, and lateral movement. You’ll leave with practical, real-world patterns for hardening your pods and containers — from dropping capabilities and enforcing read-only filesystems to running as non-root and leveraging seccomp profiles.

Daniel Dias is a Principal Cloud Security Architect at Royal Bank of Canada with over 15 years of experience in IT and cybersecurity. Holding certifications including CISSP, OSCP+, CCSP, CKS, and CKA across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, he specializes in Kubernetes security and cloud-native architecture — bringing an attacker’s mindset to enterprise defense.