Keynote: Back to the Future: Next-Generation Cloud Native Security

The talk explores potential changes in cloud native security in the next decade, including the impact of quantum computing, the rise of AI-generated programs, and the need for increased trust in technology.

• Quantum computing could potentially break public key cryptography, leading to vulnerabilities in certificates and encryption
• AI-generated programs may introduce new security issues and raise questions about trust in technology
• The need for increased trust in technology is crucial in the face of rapid technological change

The speaker recounts their experience bootstrapping an open set public cloud a decade ago, highlighting the significant changes in technology since then and the need to anticipate future changes.

This talk will be a look into one possible future, taking into account multiple strands of emerging technology, and viewed through an almost certainly subjective lens of folks who’ve both been around through multiple technology iterations over the last decade or more and have the t-shirts and scars to prove it. We’ll probably be wrong, but we might get some things right, and we aim to at least be thought provoking. An eye on the future over the hill is always a good idea in our humble opinion, and thinking about those propositions can often engender change in the present !