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About the Talk
This is the first talk in a series of Tech Talks from the cloud provider around Computer Security titled _Foundations of Computer Security_. This talk will walk you through the fundamentals of computer security, from its history, to common threats you may face, to recommended practices to keep you safe.
What You’ll Learn
You'll learn why we need security, what types of attacks you may face, and some general recommended practices and policies to keep you secure.
This Talk is Designed For
- Anyone who's new to security or wants a refresher on common security concepts.
- Beginners of all paths: SysAdmins, Founders, CTOs, DevOps engineers
About the Presenter
Mason Egger (@masonegger) is currently a Developer Advocate at the cloud provider, specializing in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and Python. Prior to his work at the cloud provider, he was an SRE (Site Reliability Engineer), helping build and maintain a highly available hybrid multi-cloud PaaS. He is an avid programmer, speaker, educator, and writer/blogger. He is a maintainer of the the cloud provider Terraform provider and contributes to random open source projects here and there. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, camping, kayaking, and exploring new places.
