Hybrid cloud environments stretch across physical systems and multiple clouds, introducing new environment borders and possible vulnerabilities. Past security approaches focused on locking down access points—so how does security work in an environment that by definition has open borders and complex architectures?
A more secure foundation is critical for hybrid cloud, and that starts with the operating system itself. While the security implementations for hybrid cloud are more complex, the basic principles and best practices remain the same as for physical and virtual environments. The fundamentals of security come down to understanding access, authentication, and auditing—understanding who is performing actions and what they’re doing.
Even as infrastructure technologies change with containers, serverless, and edge, the core security principles can be used to handle evolving needs.
Join a roundtable of Red Hat® security experts as they discuss some of the central issues surrounding security in hybrid cloud environments, including:
- Foundational security principles for hybrid cloud environments.
- Operating system-level security features.
- How to plan and execute user authentication across clouds.
- Planning security as infrastructure changes, from containers to serverless.
Live event date: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 | 11 a.m. ET
On-demand event: Available for one year afterward.
Mark Thacker
Principal Product Manager, Security Experience, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat
Mark has worked in the enterprise IT world for more than 28 years and has extensive experience in helping customers understand security capabilities of their operating systems. In his current role, Mark is focused on Red Hat Enterprise Linux®: driving the overall security experience roadmap, evaluating customer requirements, and educating customers about product offerings.
Lucy Kerner
Senior Principal Global Cybersecurity Evangelist and Strategist, Red Hat
Lucy Kerner is Red Hat’s Senior Principal Global Cybersecurity Evangelist and Strategist and leads the technical and go-to-market strategy, evangelism, and thought leadership for security across the Red Hat portfolio globally. Lucy helps create and deliver security related technical content to the field, customers, partners, analysts, and press and has spoken at numerous events, including security conferences, such as RSA and Hack3rCon/SecureWV, and she's a Red Hat Summit Top Presenter. She is also a frequent author of security articles at various online magazines, such as TechBeacon, TechSpective, Increment Magazine, and more. Prior to her current role, she was a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect for the North America Public Sector team at Red Hat, where she presented and designed cloud solutions for a wide range of North America public sector customers. Lucy has 20 years of professional experience as both a software and hardware development engineer and a solutions architect, where she worked on various aspects of cybersecurity. Prior to joining Red Hat, she worked at IBM as both a mainframe microprocessor design engineer and a solutions architect for IBM x86 servers. She has also interned at Apple, Cadence, Lockheed Martin, and MITRE, where she worked on both software and hardware development.
Kirsten Newcomer
Director, Cloud and DevSecOps Strategy, Red Hat
Kirsten works closely with Red Hat’s many security professionals across the Red Hat portfolio of enterprise-ready open source offerings. Kirsten is a diversified software management professional with 15+ years of experience in application development and infrastructure solutions. Prior to joining Red Hat, Kirsten provided strategic direction for Black Duck’s open source security and governance solutions. Her career has spanned successful roles at IBM Software Group, Rational Software and BMC Software. Kirsten was an early contributor to the Linux Foundation's Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) specification, which provides a set of standards for communicating the components, licenses, and copyrights associated with software.
Deon Ballard
Principal Marketing Manager, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat
Deon Ballard is a product marketing manager focusing on customer experience, adoption, and renewals for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. In previous roles at Red Hat, Deon has been a technical writer, doc lead, and content strategist for technical documentation, specializing in security technologies such as NSS, LDAP, certificate management, and authentication/authorization, as well as cloud and management. She also wrote and edited the Middleware Blog for Red Hat and led portfolio solution marketing for integration and business automation.
