Biography

Steve Poole is an eclectic mix of DevOps practitioner, a long time IBM Java developer, leader and evangelist. (Not to mention a JavaOne Rockstar) He’s been working on IBM Java SDKs and JVMs since Java was less than one year old. He’s also had time to work on other things including representing IBM on various JSRs, being a committer on various open source projects including ones at Apache, Eclipse and OpenJDK. He’s also member of the Adopt OpenJDK group championing community involvement in OpenJDK. Steve is a seasoned speaker and regular presenter at JavaOne, JAX, Devoxx and other conferences on technical and software engineering topics.

Cybercrime and the Developer: How do you make a difference?

Cybercrime how bad can it be? Organised attacks around the world in 2016 have shown how unprepared we are to deal with the growth of Cybercrime. In this talk learn a little about the scale of the challenge developers face from assaults on our systems. Be prepared to be appalled and scared. Fainting is not allowed. Discover how to fight back and see how you can change your behaviour and your code to defend against these attacks.

Your destiny is clear - it’s time to be come a Cyber Defender