The AWS Heroes program acknowledges people who mix their deeply technical experience with a ardour for serving to others to be taught extra and construct quicker. Over time, developments have developed in how the group develops and deploys options constructed on AWS, which has influenced the creation of specialised Hero classes. As we speak, we’re thrilled to formally acknowledge and acknowledge leaders within the safety space of focus.

Safety is usually checked out by way of impression and never the way it permits groups to securely innovate. Our inaugural AWS Safety Heroes have proven time and time once more {that a} pragmatic strategy, executed with the intent to tell and educate, delivers optimistic safety outcomes. The preliminary cohort of AWS Safety Heroes are specialists on the forefront of their area, and share a mission to assist others higher perceive safety.

Please be a part of us in welcoming our first AWS Safety Heroes!

Chris Farris – Atlanta, USA

Safety Hero Chris Farris has labored in IT since 1994, primarily targeted on Linux, networking, and safety. For the previous eight years, he has been deeply concerned in public cloud and public cloud safety in media and leisure, leveraging his experience to construct and evolve cloud safety applications at Turner Broadcasting, WarnerMedia, Discovery Communications, and PlayOn! Sports activities. His present focus is on educating and empowering builders to know core cloud safety ideas, and to allow small and medium sized organizations to higher safe and govern within the cloud.

Gerardo Castro – Callao, Perú

Safety Hero Gerardo Castro is a Safety Options Architect at Caleidos. He likes to write down technical posts and discuss cybersecurity on his Medium weblog. He additionally builds and leads movies, podcasts, on-line courses, and workshops targeted on AWS. As well as, Gerardo is a group chief of the AWS UG Safety Group in Latin America, and has impressed many individuals to start and develop their profession within the cloud.

Keisuke Usuda – Chiba, Japan

Safety Hero Keisuke Usuda is a Senior Answer Architect at Classmethod and holds the CISSP certification. He’s additionally a core member of the Japan AWS Person Group targeted on safety (Safety-JAWS), and commonly organizes occasions. Keisuke has a deep affection for AWS security-related managed providers, and advocates for the enablement of Amazon GuardDuty throughout all AWS accounts worldwide.

Ray Lin (Chia-Wei Lin) – Taipei, Taiwan

Safety Hero Ray Lin is an AWS and Safety Marketing consultant at iFUS System Consultants Ltd., and excels in constructing groups and growing new merchandise from zero to 1. His main experience spans software program venture administration, Agile growth, enterprise and system evaluation, SaaS product growth, structure design, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, and AI. Ray has additionally made important contributions to the AWS group, significantly in cybersecurity and safe structure design. His dedication to sharing information is clear in his energetic involvement within the AWS Person Group Taiwan.

Shun Yoshie – Yokohama, Japan

Safety Hero Shun Yoshie is a Safety Marketing consultant at Nomura Analysis Institute, Ltd(NRI), and has been a Hero since 2021. He consults on operational design of safety in multi-cloud environments, and has been specializing in themes associated to multi-cloud, Cloud Native, CNAPP, and Safety Observability. Moreover, Shun joined the Japanese AWS Person Group (JAWS-UG) in 2013, and he has been operating the JAWS-UG Safety chapter (Safety-JAWS) since 2016.

Teri Radichel – Savannah, USA

Safety Hero Teri Radichel is the CEO of 2nd Sight Lab, a cybersecurity firm that gives three providers: cloud safety coaching to organizations, penetration exams, and safety assessments. She additionally solutions cybersecurity questions for purchasers on consulting calls scheduled by IANS Analysis. Teri is the writer of the e-book, “Cybersecurity for Executives within the Age of Cloud,” has been a Hero since 2016, and acquired the SANS 2017 Distinction Makers Award for safety innovation. Teri has 13 cybersecurity and pentesting certifications, together with the GSE, which required a two-day hands-on in individual take a look at to move on the time she obtained it.

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In case you’d prefer to be taught extra concerning the new Safety Hero class or join with a Hero close to you, please go to the AWS Heroes web site or browse the AWS Heroes Content material Library.

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