HUG #12: Terraform Automation across Landing Zone, Elastic and Snyk

We are pleased to invite you to the Elastic/HUG 12th instalment hosted at Sunrise Ambassador House on Tuesday 6th June from 17:30
(Please note the change of venue in Sunrise)
This event will be co-hosted together with the Elastic, DevSecOps and Hashicorp user groups,
Please register also at this sign-up page as we require the full name for Security) Attendance Confirmation Sign-up

AGENDA
17.30 - 18.00 | Arrival/Registration, Apéro + Networking

18.00 - 18:15 | Welcoming: AWS and 56K.Cloud

18:15 - 18.45 | Why are we always going down the “Build our reference architecture/landing zone” - Terraform / Hashicorp | (Darragh / Driton)
Topic: Securing our AWS Journey with Terraform Cloud and Vault
In this talk we will show how a terraform and terraform cloud-enabled multiple disciplinary teams deploy securing to AWS along with Vault used for secure secret storage, Taking a secure landing zone and references architecture (maybe Gruntworks) we showcase how you can build on work in the ecos system
Tags: #Vault, #Terraform, #DevSecOps #IaC #Cloud

18:45 - 19.15 | Elastic on Terraform Deployment | Milad Shkoh - Leonteq Security SA
During this presentation, we will showcase a practical implementation of how a Fintech Bank leverages Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE). We will delve into its deployment across both on-premises and cloud environments utilising Terraform, as well as how the application is provisioned via Ansible. Additionally, we will explore how ECE is integrated with other HashiCorp products, such as Vault, to guarantee secure key management.

19:15 - 19:45 | Securing Cloud Native Applications at Scale (Mathias Conradt)

Modern cloud native technologies enable you to build, deploy, and scale rapidly. But this increased complexity exposes your application to new risks and vulnerabilities. Each layer of your cloud-native application – spanning your code, third-party dependencies, containers, and clusters – exposes you to new security concerns. We’ll show you how you can protect your application through clear remediation actions and best practices for each attack scenario.
steer the rollout.

20.00 - 22.00 | Networking + Food

SPEAKERS

Driton Halili, Enterprise Account Manager at Hashicorp
Driton has been involved in the open-source world for the past five years. Prior to that, he worked for seven years at SIX where he came across Elasticsearch and was impressed by its capabilities, growth, company culture, and open-source concept. This experience inspired him to pursue a career in tech and he subsequently joined Elastic in Amsterdam. Driton then moved back to Zurich to join Snyk, during his time at Snyk he started the DevSecCon Switzerland Chapter. Since September 2022, he has been a member of the Enterprise Sales Team at HashiCorp, providing support to users and customers of HashiCorp products in Switzerland and Austria.

Mathias Conradt, Staff Solutions Engineer at Snyk
Mathias comes with more than two decades of experience in software engineering and project management, with a strong focus on open-source technologies. He was a visiting professor on Android development at the University of St. Joseph, Macau/China and ran a boutique software development company with offices in Germany, Hong Kong and the US for more than 15 years before switching to the vendor side and moving into the cybersecurity space.
After focusing on Identity & Access Management at Auth0, he is now a Staff Solutions Engineer at Snyk with a focus on developer-focused applications and cloud security.

Milad Shkoh – DevOps Engineer in Operations // Leonteq Security SA
With a strong focus on Operations and Automation. He has extensive experience working with technologies like Terraform and Ansible and is particularly enthusiastic about the potential of automation in the future. Milad has actively participated in a range of projects, encompassing both Blockchain and Finance, where he has made significant contributions across multiple domains including Development, Operations, and Security.

Darragh Grealish, CTO, 56K.Cloud
At 56K.Cloud Darragh works between clients, partners and the community to promote best practices across public cloud and the open-source technology landscape.

Nicolas Ruflin, Elastic
Nicolas Ruflin is a software engineer in the Observability team and organiser of Elastic Meetups in Switzerland. He is passionate about automating everything through software and embraces the constancy of change in the field. When not pondering engineering problems, he enjoys doing all kinds of sports, particularly handball.