My Conference Presentations

3 min readMay 15, 2023

This post shares a list of the conference presentations I have given. Most of them have videos you can watch.

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We migrated from Serverless Framework and this is what we learned

My organization relied heavily on Serverless Framework until we learned about CDK in 2021. The release of v2 was even better. We moved an old Serverless Framework app to CDK and this presentation will share what we learned.

Presented at CDK Day 2023 · September 29, 2023

Costly findings in serverless computing

Serverless computing has revolutionized cloud computing. It makes deploying code faster, cheaper, and more compact. Yet, with this convenience, we might be prone to making mistakes that weaken our cybersecurity posture. This presentation will highlight some costly findings to avoid when building our serverless applications.

Presented at LayerOne 2023 · May 28,2023

Costly mistakes in serverless computing

Serverless computing has revolutionized cloud computing. It makes deploying code faster, cheaper, and more compact. Yet, with this convenience, we might be prone to making mistakes that weaken our cybersecurity posture. This presentation will highlight some costly mistakes to avoid when building our serverless applications.

Presented at OWASP 20th Anniversary · Representing VeriToll · September 24, 2021

How moving to serverless Nuxt sped up our time to market

One of the reasons we chose Nuxt was how it simplified Vue development. Routing, components, lifecycle events, and middleware were easier and more robust. Yet, we needed to prove how Nuxt could operate in a fully serverless environment. In this talk, we will share our journey of Nuxt serverless development. Attendees will learn the benefits and drawbacks of single-page applications and serverless deployments with Nuxt.

Presented at Nuxt Nation 2021 · Representing VeriToll · September 16, 2021

Audit, monitor and secure your cloud with serverless

We usually associate serverless with functions, API Gateways, and object storage. Did you know you can leverage serverless capabilities to audit, monitor, and secure your cloud? Serverless capabilities allow us to run functions, store findings, and send alerts which we can use for security. This talk will explore some use cases you can quickly adopt to improve your cloud security posture. The attendees will leave with the following key takeaways: performing auditing against security controls (e.g., CIS benchmarks), monitoring for security misconfigurations (e.g., public S3 buckets), and remediating findings (e.g., resetting IAM password policy).

Presented at Cloud-Native Days 2021 as an Insight Session· Representing VeriToll · August 5, 2021

Using Cookies to Store Your Postman Secrets

Storing your secrets in Postman environments might not meet your security requirements. See how you can leverage Postman cookies instead.

Presented at Postman Galaxy 2021 as a Lightning Talk· Representing VeriToll · February 4, 2021

Whoops! I Committed It Again: Configuring Git to Prevent Accidental Commits

It’s so easy to accidentally commit a secret key or sensitive data in our git repository. This SnykCon lightning talk by Miguel A. Calles and Greg Thompson will explain how you can leverage git hooks to catch things before they get committed or pushed up to the git origin.

Presented at SnykCon 2020 as a Lightning Talk· Representing VeriToll · October 21, 2020

Be Cyber Smart

Managing security threats is an ongoing battle. In this presentation, information security challenges related to COVID-19 will be discussed. Do your part.

Presented at California State University, Fullerton TechDay 2020 · Representing VeriToll · October 23, 2020

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