Projects on Bpog Cloud

Latency Calculator

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

As a sandgroper (born and raised, Western Australia - the most isolated city in the world) I’m often told latency doesn’t matter. I built this tool to demonstrate the impact of latency on various file transfer protocols.

Image credit Denny Müller on Unsplash

DDD Perth 2025 - How to make security shut up (without getting fired)

Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Slides

Talking to security can feel like a trap. You’re just trying to build something cool and they’re all like “threats, risks, vulnerabilities bla bla bla”. The thing is, security don’t want to ruin your day. They just lack context.

In this session we’ll break down how to apply threat modelling to clearly communicate how you’re thinking about security. No buzzwords, no hackers in hoodies, just a practical guide on how to spot issues early and show security you’ve done your homework.

Cyberwest Summit 2025 - Playbooks and play: Building high-performing incident response teams

Thu, 29 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Playbooks guide security analysts in managing incidents, but effective response requires trust and teamwork. This session uses exercises from improvised theatre and cognitive science to build trust and adaptive communication skills, essential for real-world incident response. Both improv and incident response need active practice and reflective learning to achieve proficiency. Enhance your cybersecurity awareness and education in this workshop tailored for corporate and business leaders. Gain practical insights to understand and mitigate cyber risks, improve security awareness, and foster a cybersecurity culture within your organization.

AWS re:Inforce 2024 - Enhancing software supply chain security

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Workshop Slides

This workshop will teach developers hands-on techniques to build secure software. Developers will explore signing code cryptographically to guarantee authenticity and prevent tampering. They will learn how to generate a software bill of materials (SBOM) to manage dependencies transparently. Developers will also practice slimming, which reduces unnecessary software components to minimize vulnerabilities. Through this workshop, developers will gain practical experience with an integrated approach to improving software security.

Cyber security lessons from OH&S safety

Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

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Just like safety, security needs to take into account that there are humans in the loop. Many organisations, especially in mining, are already successfully implementing a safety zero approach and we can follow the same approach for security. In this session we will explore lessons learnt from safety culture to help us make security just as successful.

Photo of Byron speaking at CyberWest by David Broadway used with permission from CyberWest.

AWS re:Inforce 2022 - Building a chatbot for security operations

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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An AWS Well-Architected Framework best practice is to keep users at a distance from data. One way of achieving this is by providing hands-off operations through chat bots. This chalk talk will look at architecture patterns for creating a Slack bot to interact with AWS using Bolt.

AWS Summit ANZ 2022 - Security best practices the Well-Architected way

Thu, 19 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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The cloud enables every business to have enterprise-grade security. Leveraging multiple accounts is an essential security pattern, even in small teams without dedicated security personnel. In this session, we dive deep into the accounts and learn how to configure them. Attendees are expected to have an understanding of the shared responsibility model and IAM.

Essential security for everyone: Building a secure AWS foundation

Sun, 21 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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Blog post on the AWS Security Blog outlining how teams of all sizes can gain access to world-class security in the cloud without a dedicated security person in your organization. I look at how small teams can build securely on Amazon Web Services (AWS) in a way that’s cost effective and time efficient.

AWS Summit ANZ 2020 - Cloud security for everyone: Multi-account strategy

Wed, 13 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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AWS re:Inforce 2019 - DevSecOps: Integrating security into pipelines

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

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In this workshop, you practice running an environment with a test and production deployment pipeline. Along the way, we cover topics such as static code analysis, dynamic infrastructure review, and workflow types. You also learn how to update your process in response to security events. We write new AWS Lambda functions and incorporate them into the pipeline, and we consider capabilities such as AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store and AWS Secrets Manager.

AWS Summit ANZ 2019 - Essential Security Patterns

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

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The cloud enables every organisation to have enterprise-grade security. You don’t have to have a dedicated cloud security team to have strong security in the cloud, nor does having a high-security bar mean your teams have to slow down. This session will take you through patterns you can implement today to raise your security posture without needing to hire additional staff or breaking the bank. Attendees are expected to already have an understanding of the AWS responsibility model. This session will also demonstrate how AWS Organizations can be leveraged to add guardrails to your AWS usage in addition to the steps needed to set up a secure data bunker.

AWS Dev Day Australia 2018, DevBytes - Serverless Pipelines for Serverless Applications

Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

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You’ve managed to build an application that doesn’t need servers so why run a server just to deploy it? Join this DevBytes talk to see how you can use AWS CodePipeline, a fully managed continuous delivery service that helps you automate your release pipelines for fast and reliable application and infrastructure updates. This session includes code snippets and a demo showing how you can deploy your serverless application without using servers.