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Ian Coldwater
Coldwater, wearing a black parka and beanie hat
Ian Coldwater
Occupation(s)Computer security specialist and speaker
EmployerTwilio
Organization(s)Kubernetes SIG Security, Open Source Security Foundation

Ian Coldwater is an American computer security specialist, hacker and speaker specializing in Kubernetes and cloud native security.[1][2] They are a security architect at Twilio, and co-chair the Kubernetes special interest group Kubernetes SIG Security.[3][4][5]

Career

Coldwater started working in tech in their thirties, starting in DevOps before focusing on security.[6] They began specializing in hacking and hardening Kubernetes containers, working as an independent penetration tester before joining Heroku as a lead platform security engineer.[6][7] As of 2021, they work as a security architect at Twilio.[8] Along with Tabitha Sable, they co-chair the Kubernetes special interest group, Kubernetes SIG Security.[3][4] They are also on the governing board of the Open Source Security Foundation.[9]

Coldwater has spoken at conferences including DEF CON,[10] Black Hat,[11] KubeCon and CloudNativeCon,[5] RSA Conference,[12] Velocity,[13] and devopsdays.[14][15] In 2020, they received the Top Ambassador award from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation for spreading interest in the area.[15]

Hacking Kubernetes, published by O'Reilly Media, credits Coldwater and Duffie Cooley for co-developing the "canonical offensive Kubernetes one-liner".[16] In 2020, Coldwater and Brad Geesaman presented a talk at RSA 2020 titled "Advanced Persistence Threats – The Future of Kubernetes Attacks",[17] in which they demonstrated bypassing Kubernetes audit logs and other attacks.[16] In 2021, Coldwater, with expertise from Chad Rikansrud, became the first person in history to escape a container on a mainframe.[10][18]

Personal life

Coldwater lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[12] Politically, they identify as an anarchist.[19]

See also

References

  1. ^ Kennedy, Maddy (April 18, 2019). "100 women you should invite to speak at your next Twin Cities tech event". Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  2. ^ Menn, Joseph (September 9, 2021). "Microsoft warns Azure customers of flaw that could have permitted hackers access to data". Reuters. Retrieved September 9, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b Sharma, Mayank (December 4, 2020). "Docker support is being deprecated in Kubernetes - but not just yet". TechRadar. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Coldwater, Ian; Sable, Tabitha; Raghunathan, Savitha; Small, Aaron (May 14, 2021). Get In Containerds, We're Going Securing: Kubernetes SIG Security is Here! (Video). Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Event occurs at 0:10.
  5. ^ a b "Ian Coldwater". KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2020. 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ a b Coldwater, Ian (August 6, 2019). "Attacking and Defending Kubernetes, with Ian Coldwater". Kubernetes Podcast (Interview). Interviewed by Adam Glick; Craig Box. Google. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  7. ^ Combs, Veronica (May 1, 2021). "5 weird, cool things I learned from attending Deserted Island DevOps on Animal Crossing". TechRepublic. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  8. ^ Lima, Cristiano (September 16, 2021). "Why Democrats are rallying around creating a new FTC privacy bureau to police Big Tech". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
  9. ^ "Governing Board". Open Source Security Foundation. Retrieved July 23, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ a b "DEFCON29 Speakers". DEF CON. 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Speaker: Ian Coldwater". Black Hat Briefings. Retrieved July 23, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ a b "Ian Coldwater". RSA Conference. Retrieved July 23, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "Speaker: Ian Coldwater". O'Reilly Velocity Conference. 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Ian Coldwater". devopsdays. Retrieved July 23, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ a b Cloud Native Computing Foundation (November 20, 2020). "Cloud Native Computing Foundation Announces 2020 Community Awards Winners". Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  16. ^ a b Martin, Andrew; Hausenblas, Michael (2021). Hacking Kubernetes : threat-driven analysis and defense (First ed.). Sebastapol, CA: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-1-4920-8170-8. OCLC 1276934473.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  17. ^ Geesaman, Brad (March 2, 2020). "Advanced Persistence Threats - The Future of Kubernetes Attacks". Darkbit. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
  18. ^ "Container Breakout: Cybersecurity Lessons Learned". SHARE. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  19. ^ @IanColdwater on Twitter

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