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James Arlen

CISO

James Arlen is Aiven.io’s CISO bringing a mix of security and engineering background to DBaaS (database as a service). Over the past twenty plus years, James has been delivering information security solutions to Fortune 500, TSE 100, and major public-sector organizations.

James is best described as: “Infosec geek, hacker, social activist, author, speaker, and parent.” His areas of interest include organizational change, social engineering, blinky lights and shiny things. In addition to his work at Aiven.io, James is a Contributing Analyst at the research firm Securosis, blogger/podcaster with Liquidmatrix Security Digest, a frequent speaker at industry conferences, and is a prolific contributor to media and standards including a lead author contribution to the Cloud Security Alliance Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Cloud Computing V4. James holds the CISSP, CISA, and CRISC security certifications.

My Sessions

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2022
October 6, 2022

Planning for Sunny Days

9:00 am - 10:00 am Keynote Hall
Keynote
2022
October 6, 2022

10th Anniversary FAILtacular!

10:15 am - 11:15 am Tech 3 (801A)
Tech
2021
November 4, 2021

FAIL – Notorious* Number 9

1:00 pm - 1:40 pm Tech 1 (718A)
Tech
2020
October 22, 2020

The fast and the FAIL 8

2:00 pm - 2:40 pm Virtual
Tech
2019
October 9, 2019

FAIL Panel: I Quit Securi7y

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Tech 1 (718A)
Tech
2018
October 2, 2018

Fail Panel: Revenge of the Sixth

10:15 am - 11:15 am Tech 3 (801A)
Tech
2017
November 14, 2017

FAIL Panel Version 5 – EquiFAIL!

1:25 pm - 2:25 pm Tech 2 (718B)
Tech
2016
October 19, 2016

FAIL Panel

1:55 pm - 2:24 pm Expo Theatre (Hall G)
Sponsor Track
2015
October 20, 2015

Xenophobia is Hard on Data: Forced Localization, Data Storage, and Business Realities

- Expo Theatre (Hall G)
Tech
2015
October 20, 2015

Preventing Home Automation Security Disasters

- Expo Theatre (Hall G)
SECurity FUNdamentals
2014
October 21, 2014

FAIL Panel Again! Third time’s the charm

- Expo Theatre (Hall G)
Management
2013
October 22, 2013

Return of the Half Schwartz FAIL Panel w/Tales from beyond the echo chamber

- Expo Theatre (Hall G)
Management
2013
October 22, 2013

Crossing the line; career building in the IT security industry

- Keynote Hall
Keynote
2012
October 23, 2012

BlackHat to Black Suit

- Expo Theatre (Hall G)
IT Security Experts
2012
October 23, 2012

*PT, Chinese cyber-something, the summer of breach and doing it wrong

- Expo Theatre (Hall G)
Management
2011
October 18, 2011

Security When Nanoseconds Count

- Expo Theatre (Hall G)
Management
2010
October 19, 2010

SCADA and ICS for Security Experts: How to avoid cyberdouchery

- Expo Theatre (Hall G)
Tech
2009
October 20, 2009

Your Mind: Legal Status, Rights and Securing Yourself

- Expo Theatre (Hall G)
Tech
2008
October 21, 2008

Security Heretic: We’re Doing It Wrong

- Expo Theatre (Hall G)
Tech
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