The security attendee’s guide to AWS re:Invent 2023

AWS re:Invent 2023 is fast approaching, and we can’t wait to see you in Las Vegas in November. re:Invent offers you the chance to come together with cloud enthusiasts from around the world to hear the latest cloud industry innovations, meet with Amazon Web Services (AWS) experts, and build connections. This post will highlight key security sessions organized by various themes, so you don’t miss any of the newest and most exciting tech innovations and the sessions where you can learn how to put those innovations into practice.

re:Invent offers a diverse range of content tailored to all personas. Seminar-style content includes breakout sessions and innovation talks, delivered by AWS thought leaders. These are curated to focus on topics most critical to our customers’ businesses and spotlight advancements AWS has enabled for them. For more interactive or hands-on content, check out chalk talks, dev chats, builder sessions, workshops, and code talks.

If you plan to attend re:Invent 2023, and you’re interested in connecting with a security, identity, or compliance product team, reach out to your AWS account team.
 

Sessions for security leaders

Security leaders are always reinventing, tasked with aligning security goals to business objectives and reducing overall risk to the organization. Attend sessions at re:Invent where you can learn from security leadership and thought leaders on how to empower your teams, build sustainable security culture, and move fast and stay secure in an ever-evolving threat landscape.

INNOVATION TALK

• SEC237-INT | Move fast, stay secure: Strategies for the future of security

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

The role of generative AI in security

The swift rise of generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) illustrates the need for security practices to quickly adapt to meet evolving business requirements and drive innovation. In addition to the security Innovation Talk (Move fast, stay secure: Strategies for the future of security), attend sessions where you can learn about how large language models can impact security practices, how security teams can support safer use of this technology in the business, and how generative AI can help organizations move security forward.

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

• SEC210 | How security teams can strengthen security using generative AI
• SEC214 | Threat modeling your generative AI workload to evaluate security risk

CHALK TALKS

• SEC317 | Building secure generative AI applications on AWS
• OPN201 | Evolving OSPOs for supply chain security and generative AI
• AIM352 | Securely build generative AI apps and control data with Amazon Bedrock

DEV CHAT

Architecting and operating container workloads securely

The unique perspectives that drive how system builders and security teams perceive and address system security can present both benefits and obstacles to collaboration within a business. Find out more about how you can bolster your container security through sessions focused on best practices, detecting and patching threats and vulnerabilities in containerized environments, and managing risk across your AWS container workloads.

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

• CON325 | Securing containerized workloads on Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate
• CON335 | Securing Kubernetes workloads
• CON320 | Building for the future with AWS serverless services

CHALK TALKS

• SEC332 | Comprehensive vulnerability management across your AWS environments
• FSI307 | Best practices for securing containers and being compliant
• CON334 | Strategies and best practices for securing containerized environments

WORKSHOP

• SEC303 | Container threat detection with AWS security services

BUILDER SESSION

Zero Trust

At AWS, we consider Zero Trust a security model—not a product. Zero Trust requires users and systems to strongly prove their identities and trustworthiness, and enforces fine-grained identity-based authorization rules before allowing access to applications, data, and other systems. It expands authorization decisions to consider factors like the entity’s current state and the environment. Learn more about our approach to Zero Trust in these sessions.

INNOVATION TALK

• SEC237-INT | Move fast, stay secure: Strategies for the future of security

CHALK TALKS

• WPS304 | Using Zero Trust to reduce security risk for the public sector
• OPN308 | Build and operate a Zero Trust Apache Kafka cluster
• NET312 | Connecting and securing services with Amazon VPC Lattice
• NET315 | Building Zero Trust architectures using AWS Verified Access 

WORKSHOPS

Managing identities and encrypting data

At AWS, security is our top priority. AWS provides you with features and controls to encrypt data at rest, in transit, and in memory. We build features into our services that make it easier to encrypt your data and control user and application access to data. Explore these topics in depth during these sessions.

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

• SEC209 | Modernize authorization: Lessons from cryptography and authentication
• SEC336 | Spur productivity with options for identity and access
• SEC333 | Better together: Using encryption & authorization for data protection

CHALK TALKS

• SEC221 | Centrally manage application secrets with AWS Secrets Manager
• SEC322 | Integrate apps with Amazon Cognito and Amazon Verified Permissions
• SEC223 | Optimize your workforce identity strategy from top to bottom

WORKSHOPS

• SEC247 | Practical data protection and risk assessment for sensitive workloads
• SEC203 | Refining IAM permissions like an expert

For a full view of security content, including hands-on learning and interactive sessions, explore the AWS re:Invent catalog and under Topic, filter on Security, Compliance, & Identity. Not able to attend in-person? Livestream keynotes and leadership sessions for free by registering for the virtual-only pass!

 
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