Ground Truths of a Rugged DevOps Practitioner

Presented at AppSec USA 2014, Sept. 19, 2014, 3 p.m. (45 minutes)

DevOps isn't just a buzzword. It isn't a miracle cure. It isn't the security apocolypse. From the perspecitve of a practitioner who has been on a DevOps journey, we can explore the lessons learned - including surprises. This session will be a mixture of case study, lessons learned, future plans, and interactive discussion.


Presenters:

  • Matt Tesauro - Senior AppSec Engineer - Duo Security
    Matt Tesauro is currently a Senior AppSec Engineer building an AppSec Pipeline and continuous security program for Duo Security. Prior, he worked full-time for the OWASP Foundation, adding automation and awesome to OWASP projects as the Operations Director. Previously, he was a founder and CTO of Infinitiv, a Senior Software Security Engineer at Pearson and the Senior Product Security Engineer at Rackspace. He is also an Adjunct Professor for the University of Texas Computer Science department teaching the next generation of CS students about Application Security. Matt is broadly experienced information security professional of 15 years specializing in application and cloud security. He has also presented and provided trainings at various international industry events including DHS Software Assurance Workshop, OpenStack Summit, SANS AppSec Summit, AppSec US, EU and LATAM. His work has included security consulting, penetration testing, threat modeling, code reviews, training and teaching at the University of Texas and Texas A&M University. He is a former board member of the OWASP Foundation and project lead for OWASP AppSec Pipeline & WTE projects. WTE is a collection of application security testing tools and the AppSec Pipeline project brings lessons from DevOps and Agile into Application Security. He holds two degrees from Texas A&M University and several security and Linux certifications.

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