The Magic Tools

Tokenization and format preserving encryption (FPE) are magic tools that make security and compliance scrutiny go away. We will talk through about the strategy of each, how to implement them correctly, and how to address likely objections.

The boring SaaS app

Nowadays, a secure and resilient SaaS app is a boring SaaS app. We will talk through a reference architecture that is a good fit for most internal and commercial appdev. It is resilient, scalable, cheap, virtually impervious to hackers, and makes old people nervous at first. Most importantly: it is easy to explain to auditors and execs using small words.

The Most Secure Platform is the one People Use

The world is full of examples where people bypass elaborate edifices designed by smart, well-meaning experts. Security teams love technically perfect solutions, but often spend too little time on how people will actually experience them. We discuss the basics of UI/UX design and how to select security features that enhance the value of a product instead of reducing it.

How to get execs on your side

Do VPs ever ignore you? Do nontechnical execs ever have unfeasible expectations, suggest absurd solutions, or cut funding with no regard for your expertise? Do you ever feel stuck in a parade of half-baked and half-finished projects, desperately cobbled together with baling wire and duct tape?

There’s a better way. “Execs that don’t get it” are a solved problem, and you can start immediately. In this session, Dylan will walk through a practical, memorable recipe that works 80% of the time, every time.

written on request for KC Community Days '26.