Albert Heinle
Dr. Albert Heinle is driven by a mission to combat the global surge of data breaches and misconfigurations. Albert co-founded CoGuard in 2020 and serves as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to CoGuard, Albert held development positions at FLIR Systems, Inc., Aeryon Labs and Sortable. He completed a Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Waterloo.
Session
We will review common IaC and container scanners in the context of a modern build pipeline. Using examples, we will show examples how different IaC tools may hide some complexity, but also make security relevant settings inaccessible. Furthermore, we will review how modern projects have evolved, and how infrastructure as code has changed the landscape. Using real-world open-source examples, we will examine untracked infrastructure configurations in projects and the potential consequences. We will finish by discussing how the whitebox security assessment fuelled by IaC may change risk and compliance assessments like SOC2 and HIPAA in the future.