This talk dives into how I built FlareGuard Edge — a serverless tool that audits cloud security configurations using only public APIs and YAML. No dashboards. No vendors. No sales pitches.

I’ll walk you through the end-to-end journey of building this tool with edge runtimes (like Cloudflare Workers), mapping configurations to NIST controls, and catching real misconfigurations in production environments.

You’ll learn:

Why traditional CSPM tools often overpromise and underdeliver

How YAML-defined baselines and edge code can close security gaps

How to turn platform APIs into proactive security audits

If you’ve ever thought, “I could build a simpler version of this”, this talk is for you.

No fluff. No FUD. Just real engineering for defenders.