Hello! My name is Christer. I build cool things. I also write, talk and teach about technology. My background has focused on working within the Linux and FreeBSD open source communities. I've specialized in server automation & configuration management, writing documentation and occasionally I make time for programming. I aspire to be the definition of "remote employee" while exploring the Western United States in my converted Promaster. What I do best is help others see how things could be and then work together to build those things.

Presentations

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HubbleStack : Security for DevOps

Is your infrastructure secure?

Is your infrastructure compliant?

Are you sure?

Hubble is a modular, open-source security compliance framework built on top of SaltStack. The project provides on-demand profile-based auditing, real-time security event notifications, automated remediation, alerting and reporting.

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14x

Ops tools for hardening your infrastructure

In this presentation I discuss the following: - FedRamp Compliance use-case - hardened configuration management profiles - HIDS via Project "Argos" - File Integrity Monitoring - CIS Compliance Auditing - osquery integration (https://osquery.io/)

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18x

Bastille : Secure Container Automation for FreeBSD

Bastille automates deployment and management of containers using a container technology old enough to buy you a drink!

We've taken automation concepts learned from leading config management contenders and combined them with the ORIGINAL container technology. FreeBSD introduced containers in April 1999, pre-dating every other container technology available.

Imagine a reliable container technology that has had two decades to work out bugs.Talk about production ready!

This talk will outline design features and demonstrate secure container automation in the cloud and on the Raspberry Pi.

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16x

Security and Compliance Auditing with HubbleStack

Adobe Systems engineers built a modular, open-source security and compliance auditing tool named HubbleStack on the SaltStack automation platform. HubbleStack provides on-demand profile-based auditing, real-time security event notifications, automated remediation, alerting and reporting. Compare HubbleStack v1 (more Salty) and HubbleStack v2 (less Salty) and learn about HubbleStack's built-in coverage for CIS standards, integration with osquery.io for deep introspection, real-time file integrity monitoring, and support for Splunk, ELK and Slack reporting endpoints.

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