Security Risks & Opportunities in Cloud Automation - Seguridad Mania.com - España y América Latina

If your organization is building a private cloud or using a public one, and the initiative is successful, your IT environment will soon reach a scale and complexity that requires automation. In this session, Alessandro Perilli, General Manager of Management Strategy at Red Hat, will explore the security implications of cloud automation. As a powerful software layer, automation implies a number of security risks that must be evaluated and mitigated. At the same time, if properly used, automation can become a powerful ally for CISOs. Not only can automation support tactical and strategic security initiatives; it can also become the enabling foundation for the most elusive milestone in IT security: self-defending networks.