Dwayne McDaniel

Dwayne has been working as a Developer Advocate since 2014 and has been involved in tech communities since 2005. His entire mission is to “help people figure stuff out.” He loves sharing his knowledge, and he has done so by giving talks at hundreds of events worldwide. He has been fortunate enough to speak at institutions like MIT and Stanford and internationally in Paris and Iceland. Dwayne currently lives in Chicago. Outside of tech, he loves karaoke, live music, and crochet.
On LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwaynemcdaniel/


Sessions

06-21
09:50
45min
I'm A Machine, And You Should Trust Me: The Future Of Non-Human Identity
Dwayne McDaniel

The future of machine identity and access management is the future of security and business resiliency.

Attend this session to:
- Better communicate about why we must do things differently and soon
- Learn how the open-source software community has looked at addressing the identity problem
- Understand what commercial options are available
- Map a path away from the world of long-lived credentials

In the Clouds
Track 3 (Moody Rm. 102)
06-21
16:25
25min
Getting On The Same Level: What I Learned From Building A Security Table Top Exercise
Dwayne McDaniel

At DEFCON 32, my team taught over 160 people the limitations of manual code review to solve secrets sprawl.
This talk is a quick recap of the surprising findings we unexpectedly gathered and the power of getting away from the keyboard. I will reveal my new theory on driving better conversations across teams and roles to actually try and improve security, and not just show how clever we are.

In the Clouds
Track 3 (Moody Rm. 102)