Joylynn Kirui
Senior Cloud Security Advocate , Microsoft
Nairobi, Kenya
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Joylynn Kirui is a Senior Cloud Security Advocate at Microsoft; Based in Nairobi, Kenya.
She is an infosec evangelist who believes in empowering developers and users in general on security best practices. She has vast experience in web and mobile app security testing, DevSecOps and GSM security having previously worked in the telco industry for more than 6 years. She has a passion for mentorship and training students and empowering them. She has spoken in several conferences where she shares her knowledge in cyber security and software development. She is among the Top 50 Women in Cyber Security Africa 2020 finalists, Woman Hacker of the year Africa 2020 Finalist, Young CISO Vanguard 2022 among others.
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The Ins and Outs of Securing your Development Environment
Shock! The SOC just informed you that your local developer machine has malicious code running and has been used as a jump-box to access other systems and they've gotten away with critical company data. How is this possible? In this session, we will discuss how this actually happens and how you can secure your local and cloud-based development environments. We will also look at securing your DevOps Pipelines and codebases on Azure and GitHub.
The Art of Defensive Programming
With every commit, the threat landscape increases. One single vulnerability is all a hacker needs. Vulnerabilities have multiple sources, and you must have a plan for securing each potential risk vector and identify vulnerabilities early. The later they are identified, the more expensive and dangerous remediation is. Join me to discuss how you can practically deploy defensive coding techniques to identify vulnerabilities as early as possible.
AppSec Nuggets : Bolstering security first mindset
The role of a software developer has been evolving across development, testing, security and scaling with more and more integrated processes across these spheres - On the app security front, how do we ensure excellence? How much security is enough security and what is your role in ensuring software is delivered securely through DevSecOps principles?
This session will strive to share with you how to build a security-first mindset alongside Tools, how-to's, tips, and common pitfalls. I will share learnings from building a DevSecOps initiative and working with developers as security champions.
“Stop right now and put your Repo up” – How to develop securely in the cloud.
Shock, you’ve been hacked – you don’t even know what to do – you rush to your laptop, power it up, and panic, potentially introducing more risk. But wait, there is a better idea – use GitHub codespaces and GitHub security to develop securely.
In this session, we’ll guide you through:
- Navigating the whole GitHub Codespaces experience.
- Push an insecure app full of vulnerabilities.
- Powerful new GitHub Security features to scan and suggest fixes.
Join Joylynn and Rory from Microsoft Global Advocacy for a hilarious live demo highlighting the latest developer security and penetration testing techniques. You love GitHub, now code with safety.
Joylynn Kirui
Senior Cloud Security Advocate , Microsoft
Nairobi, Kenya
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