PK-WHY - Kevin Chen (DEF CON 29 - Cloud Village)

Speaker: Kevin Chen was the first Developer Advocate at the now-unicorn open source company Kong and currently works at smallstep, an early stage open source startup. When not developing tech and demos for the PKI space, he likes to bake, travel, and tend to his motorcycle. Twitter: https://twitter.com/devadvocado Abstract: Certificates and public key infrastructure (PKI) are hard. No shit, right? I know a lot of smart people who’ve avoided this particular rabbit hole. Personally, I avoided it for a long time and felt some shame for not knowing more. The obvious result was a vicious cycle: I was too embarrassed to ask questions so I never learned. Well, now everything needs a certificate so let's be embarrassed together and learn they why. -- Cloud village is an open space to meet folks interested in offensive and defensive aspects of cloud security. The village is home to various activities like talks, workshops, CTFs and discussions targeted around cloud services. If you are a professional who is looking to gain knowledge on securely maintaining the cloud stack and loves to be around like-minded security folks who share the similar zeal towards the community, Cloud Village is the perfect place for you. Website: https://cloud-village.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/cloudvillage_dc

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