Future Banks Live in The Cloud: Building a Usable Cloud with Uncompromising Security

Presented at AppSec USA 2015, Sept. 25, 2015, 10:30 a.m. (55 minutes)

Running today's largest consumer Bitcoin startup comes with a target on your back and requires an uncompromising approach to security. This talk explores how Coinbase is learning from predecessors' bitcoin breaches and pulling out all the stops to securely build the infrastructure behind an irreversibly transferrable digital good for millions of users. Topics include cloud architecture, account and network isolation in Amazon's Cloud, Disaster Recovery, self-service consensus based deployment, realtime streaming insight and how Coinbase is leveraging practical DevOps to build the Bank of the Future.

Presenters:

• Rob Witoff - Director - Coinbase
  Rob is a director at Coinbase and building systems that power the bank of the future. He previously developed, launched and integrated the United States' first Laser Communication system aboard the International Space Station before leading Data Science from the IT CTO's office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Rob is an entrepreneur, endurance runner and bitcoin explorer.

Links:

• https://appsecusa2015.sched.com/event/3Vh3/future-banks-live-in-the-cloud-building-a-usable-cloud-with-uncompromising-security
• https://infocon.org/cons/OWASP/AppSecUSA 2015/Rob Witoff - Future Banks Live in The Cloud - Building a Usable Cloud with Uncompromising Security.mp4

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