Hephzibah Igwe
Technology Executive · AI Researcher · Enterprise Architect · Founder · PhD, D.Tech
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Dr. Hephzibah A. Igwe is a technology executive, AI researcher, and founder with dual doctorates in AI and Computer Science. Enterprise architect with 15+ years leading multi-cloud and AI strategy across healthcare, financial services, and enterprise technology — with deep hands-on experience across AWS, Azure, and GCP. IEEE member, contributing expert to the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, published researcher in AI-driven automation, adjunct professor at Grand Canyon University, and active mentor for women in technology. Holds nine cloud and AI certifications including AWS Solutions Architect Professional, AWS Security Specialty, Google Cloud Professional ML Engineer, and Microsoft Azure AI Engineer. Founder of multiple ventures to include: Hanalyzer and HomeCastle Compute. Architecture Board chair at a 65,000-person organization. Experienced conference speaker having presented at IEEE ICCE Berlin 2025, ICC ROBINS India 2025, and doctoral dissertation presentations at Purdue University and Capitol Technology University.
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Automating Security and Compliance in AWS Infrastructure as Code: Lessons from the Field
Most teams treat security as something you bolt onto infrastructure after it's built. This talk makes the case from research and production experience, that security validation belongs inside the IaC pipeline from day one. Drawing from doctoral research on automating security integration in the SDLC and from deploying infrastructure across AWS environments in healthcare and financial services under HIPAA, SOX, and FDIC requirements simultaneously, this session walks through the architectural patterns that make security-as-code practical rather than aspirational. Real lessons, real failures, and what actually works in regulated AWS environments.
Key takeaways:
Why security-as-code fails when treated as a checklist rather than an architectural input. The IaC patterns that survive compliance audits in regulated industries. What automating compliance validation taught me that no certification course covers.
Hephzibah Igwe
Technology Executive · AI Researcher · Enterprise Architect · Founder · PhD, D.Tech
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