According to S&P's "Voice of the Enterprise: Information Security, Budget and Outlook to 2022" research report, 37% of respondents indicated that cloud infrastructure security is their main security expenditure, and 65% of respondents indicated that they plan to adopt cloud provisioning advanced security services from the provider. Security is the top priority of Amazon Cloud Technology, and the re:Inforce Global Conference has deepened Amazon Cloud Technology's commitment in the field of security.
History of re:Inforce
Five years ago, the cloud computing event re:Invent 2018 came to a successful conclusion under the global attention. At the same time, Steve Schmidt, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Amazon Cloud Technology officially announced that in 2019, Amazon Cloud Technology will launch the first conference focusing on cloud security issues - Amazon Cloud Technology re:Inforce Global Conference. The conference aims to gather professionals in the global security field, share a series of cloud security practices using Amazon cloud technology services and tools, and conduct in-depth research on the latest methods of risk management.
The first Amazon Cloud Technology re:Inforce Global Conference was held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Massachusetts from June 25th to 26th, 2019. With the ups and downs of the epidemic, the re:Inforce offline conference also experienced many ups and downs: In 2020, re:Inforce was canceled due to the impact of the epidemic; in 2021, the offline conference originally scheduled to be held in Houston, Texas on August 24-25 was temporarily changed to online, Amazon CSO Steve Schmidt, Amazon Cloud Technology CISO CJ Moses and Amazon Cloud Technology Vice President Kurt Kufeld shared keynote speeches online. In 2022, re:Inforce finally returned to Boston, Massachusetts, and more than 6,000 participants gathered offline. Steve Schmidt, CJ Moses and Kurt Kufeld brought wonderful keynote speeches on the spot.
At re:Inforce in 2022, Amazon Cloud Technology announced the launch of a new generation of core capabilities such as data privacy protection, encryption, IAM, and zero trust, demonstrating its determination to promote and lead the development of cloud security. For example, GuardDuty malware protection, which provides agentless malware detection, enabling customers to scan EBS for malicious files on EC2 and container instances; and Amazon Detective for Kubernetes environments to improve container security capabilities, that is, through machine learning , Statistical analysis and other methods enable customers to conduct in-depth investigations on security detection, and continue to expand core security capabilities in container and Kubernetes use cases.
Amazon Cloud Technology has also launched an audit certification course - Cloud Audit Academy, which aims to teach governance, risk and compliance professionals the common compliance framework and excellent security practices of Amazon Cloud Technology. Current coursework focuses on the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, or PCI-DSS.
There are also calls to action on re:Inforce, such as "Encrypt Everything," which leverages services like Amazon Cloud's Key Management Service (KMS) for data encryption, and "Block Public Access," which addresses common cloud configuration issues. Can be avoided with proactive controls; "Reviewing IAM Access Analyzers" highlights the importance of understanding identities and continuous monitoring with native tools.
This year, Amazon Cloud Technology re:Inforce 2023 Global Conference is coming again! This global industry event in the field of cloud security was officially opened in California, USA from June 13th to 14th local time. The Amazon Cloud Technology Conference focused on six major cloud security areas - application security, data protection, data governance and risk compliance control, identity authentication and access control, network and infrastructure security, threat detection and incident response, through keynote speeches, technology Hundreds of activities including non-technical sharing and exhibition areas, to share with customers the latest insights and successful practices in the global security field, making security the driving force for the agile development of customers' businesses.
Keynote Speech: Share technological innovation and new development trends in the field of global cloud security
CJ Moses, Chief Information Security Officer of Amazon Cloud Technology, brought industry-leading speakers to give a keynote speech. CJ Moses is responsible for leading the team in security product design and security engineering at Amazon Cloud Technology. He introduced the latest security technology innovations in Amazon Cloud Technology and how to help customers improve enterprise security at different levels from the bottom chip to the top layer of each technology stack situation.
In addition, Debbie Wheeler, senior vice president and chief information security officer of Delta Air Lines, joined the conference keynote lineup. Wheeler leads Delta's information security team and is responsible for Delta's cybersecurity efforts to protect Delta's and customers' personally important information while ensuring Delta's overall cyber resilience.
Pay attention to the Amazon cloud technology re:Inforce 2023 global conference, Amazon cloud technology will share the keynote speech and decision maker forum content online on demand on June 19!