DevCentral Visits BlackHat 2023 !!!
Once again, buulam is headed to BlackHat in Las Vegas! He's super-excited to hit the ground in the desert to meet up with the community and some F5 partners! He'll be bringing the experience back to you, right here, so bookmark this article for all the latest news! Find the F5 Booth at Black Hat: Looking for the F5 Booth? Here it is! Check out the prize vending machine, Lego give aways, and the new Frankenstack plushies. š If you're at the show, keep your peepers peeled š for buulam who would love to say "hi!" A talk with Kara Sprague, Chief Product Officer at F5 Buu Lam talks with F5 Chief Product Officer Kara Sprague about F5 solutions, particularly around APIs and Multi-Cloud Networking, and what's in store for the future. 00:30 - What does the role of Chief Product Officer entail? 01:30 - Why API security has suddenly become so important in recent years? 03:40 - The exponential increase in API sprawl. 04:11 - Multi-Cloud Networking growth as a use case. 05:45 - F5 being able to deliver security embedded within Multi-Cloud networking architecture. 06:30 - What does the future hold for F5? Bots, AI, and Social Engineering with Dan Woods at Black Hat 2023 Buu Lam talks with Dan Woods (Global Head of Bot and Risk Management at F5) about bots and AI bring used to create social influence and enhance the damage of social engineering. 00:45 - Ticket bots and Sneaker bots 01:46 - Are businesses actually trying to fix this? 03:10 - Bots and AI being used to create mass social influence 06:10 - AI being used to greatly enhance the damage of social engineering Quantum Cryptography with Keyfactor at Black Hat 2023 Ted Shorter from Keyfactor talks about post-quantum cryptography, its impact, and how organizations can stay ahead of the curve. 00:40 - Post-Quantum Cryptography 01:00 - KeyFactor's PQC Lab: an educational resources 02:20 - Strategies for thriving in a post-quantum world Check out PQC Labs educational resources here! MazeBolt's RADAR Dashboard Matthew Andriani (Founder and CEO of MazeBolt) walks us through a demo of MazeBolt's RADAR dashboard--showing how vulnerabilities can be remediated, then re-checked with updated results within 5 minutes. Fighting security alert fatigue with Stellar Cyber SOC teams face alert fatigue and the burden of so many tools. Stephen Salinas shares how Stellar Cyber uses AL and ML to reduce the noise. This allows security analysts to use information gathered across all their security tools to reach conclusions quickly. For more coverage from Buu Lam at #BlackHat, check out the DevCentral overview here: https://community.f5.com/t5/devcentral-news/devcentral-visits-blackhat-2023/ta-p/319253 App and Security teams working together with Venafi Teamwork makes the dream work. Paul from Venafi sees app and security teams coming together to resolve conflicts by reaching the outcomes they want without getting in each others way. The API security journey with WWT Where are you at in your API security journey? David and Clint from WWT share their perspective, their education-focused engagement with customers, the importance of real world scenario training. Until next time, Black Hat! That's a wrap for DevCentral at Black Hat 2023! Buu Lam shares some takeaways and observations: API security dominating discussions Hybrid and Multi-Cloud is the new norm Frankenstacks are cool, look for them at future eventsRSA Conference 2022 - That's a wrap! Here's what you may have missed
RSA Conference is one of the biggest conferences you can attend in our industry. It was last held in person in February 2020 with 36,000 attendees, although previous years saw numbers around 45,000 attendees. In 2021, it was held virtually and everyone has been excited to get back to an in-person event in 2022. This year, the show floor had a great amount of energy! I reconnected with many old friends and I met many people for the first time in person, having only seen them online otherwise, whether co-workers or other industry friends. Some common discussions happening around the F5 booth this year were: What's new with F5? and filling them in on Distributed Cloud and WAAP What are you doing for Fraud? What are APIs and how do you protect them? What is your approach to Zero Trust? These themes guided some of the videos that PSilva and I created during the week. We realize not everyone can attend the event so we wanted to document the event as best we can and share the experience with viewers. We even tried using a 360 camera to create a VR experience for everyone. And we also pulled off a Live Stream from the show floor! Below is all of the main videos we created for the week. We created some additional Bonus Content that is geared towards the members of the DevCentral Connects Group as well - please join the group in order to see that feed. Some of the shorter content will just end up on our social accounts so be sure to follow us there as well. Peter: LinkedIn / Twitter Buu: LinkedIn / Twitter Looking forward to seeing everyone again soon!
F5 AppWorld 2026 Registration - early bird pricing.
Join us March 10ā12 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas and Meet the Moment at F5 AppWorld 2026. Connect with your community and explore how the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform gives you control without compromise. Over three days you will experience inspiring keynotes, learn new approaches in breakouts, deepen your skills in hands-on labs, and connect with peers, F5 leaders, and partners. Register early and save: Conference pass: $499 Conference pass + F5 Academy labs: $899 Team pass: 4 for the price of 3 Take advantage of early bird pricing and register today! We look forward to seeing you in Vegas. Your DevCentral Team. --- ** Early bird pricing expires Feb 13, 2026.
