SecTalks Gold Coast 0x15 - "Lessons learned from AWS Incident Response"

Talk: "Lessons learned from the frontlines of AWS Incident Response"

Speaker: Matt Gurr

Description: Even the best security teams can’t mitigate all the risks all of the time. Technology is complex and humans are fallible. In August, come along to SecTalks GC to hear from AWS about the AWS incident response team, common challenges faced by customers and critical security patterns to detect. Come and join the conversation to discuss how to respond to incidents when security measures fail.

Matt's Bio:
Matthew Gurr is a Senior Security Advisor with AWS. In Matt’s role, he is responsible for managing a team of Senior Security Specialists that provide support to customers during active security events. The team is comprised of AWS Solution Architects with experience in performing incident response in AWS. Prior to joining AWS, Matt brings over 23+ years of broad industry experience gained from working in security roles across financial services, government and defence industries. Matt holds a master’s degree in Information Technology, where he focused on Business Process Analysis, Management and Automation and industry certifications from AICD, ISC2, ISACA and SABSA organisations. In his spare time, Matt has used the knowledge gained during his degree and work experiences to start multiple businesses ranging from developing a juice and smoothie business to cater for the health needs of the local community, a secure trading platform that solves the MIFID II regulatory compliance challenges within the European Exchange Traded Derivatives (ETD) market, and a practitioner-led cybersecurity consultancy focused on the implementation of risk management, vulnerability management and cybersecurity frameworks within organisations across Australia.

The venue, drinks and food (pizza) will be provided by our sponsors SecureStack and CyberSec People.