Name: From Complexity to Clarity: An AWS Security Journey
Start: 2025-03-27T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-03-27T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Hays

Managing identities, permissions, and access in AWS at scale can be overwhelming. In this session, **Dhiren Zakkam, Manager for Cloud Engineering at World Kinect**, will share his real-world experience tackling these challenges—what worked, what didn’t, and how his team streamlined their AWS security strategy.

Dhiren will walk through the key pain points they faced, the lessons learned along the way, and how they ultimately gained control over cloud permissions without disrupting operations. Whether you’re in DevOps, security, or cloud architecture, you’ll take away practical insights on simplifying AWS management.

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Dhiren Zakkam is the Manager for Cloud Engineering at World Kinect, where he specializes in AWS security, identity management, and cloud architecture. With deep expertise in AWS IAM, permissions management, and serverless security, he has led initiatives to improve access control strategies, enforce least privilege, and streamline identity governance at scale. 

Dhiren has hands-on experience designing secure, scalable AWS environments, leveraging services like IAM, AWS Organizations, and AWS security best practices to reduce risk without disrupting operations. At World Kinect, he played a key role in solving complex AWS access challenges and implementing the Cloud Permissions Firewall to gain control over cloud permissions efficiently.

Thank you to Hays for providing the venue and Sonrai Security for sponsoring our food and drinks!

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