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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 influential[1][2] American computer security specialist, hacker and speaker specializing in Kubernetes and cloud native security.[3][4] They are a security architect at Twilio, and they co-chair the Kubernetes special interest group Kubernetes SIG Security.[5][6][7]

Career

Coldwater started working in tech in their thirties, originally starting in DevOps before focusing on security.[8] They began specializing in hacking and hardening Kubernetes containers, working as an independent penetration tester before joining Heroku as a lead platform security engineer.[8][9] As of 2021, they work as a security architect at Twilio.[10] Along with Tabitha Sable, they co-chair the Kubernetes special interest group, Kubernetes SIG Security.[5][6] They are also on the governing board of the Open Source Security Foundation.[11]

Coldwater has spoken at conferences including DEF CON,[12] Black Hat,[13] KubeCon and CloudNativeCon,[7] RSA Conference,[14] Velocity,[15] and devopsdays.[16][17] In 2020, they received the "Top Ambassador" award from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation for spreading interest in the area.[17]

Hacking Kubernetes, published by O'Reilly Media, credits Coldwater and Duffie Cooley for co-developing the "canonical offensive Kubernetes one-liner".[18] In 2020, Coldwater and Brad Geesaman presented a talk at RSA 2020 entitled "Advanced Persistence Threats – The Future of Kubernetes Attacks",[19] in which they demonstrated bypassing Kubernetes audit logs and other attacks.[18] In 2021, Coldwater, with expertise from Chad Rikansrud, became the first person in history to escape a container on a mainframe.[12][20]

Personal life

Coldwater lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ Perrow, Mike. "DevOps 100: Top leaders, practitioners, experts to follow". TechBeacon. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  2. ^ Hern, Alex (August 4, 2021). "TechScape: Why 'hacker summer camp' and pandemics don't mix". The Guardian. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ a b Sharma, Mayank (December 4, 2020). "Docker support is being deprecated in Kubernetes - but not just yet". TechRadar. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b "Ian Coldwater". KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2020. 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Combs, Veronica (May 1, 2021). "5 weird, cool things I learned from attending Deserted Island DevOps on Animal Crossing". TechRepublic. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "Governing Board". Open Source Security Foundation. Retrieved July 23, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ a b "DEFCON29 Speakers". DEF CON. 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "Speaker: Ian Coldwater". Black Hat Briefings. Retrieved July 23, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ a b "Ian Coldwater". RSA Conference. Retrieved July 23, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "Speaker: Ian Coldwater". O'Reilly Velocity Conference. 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ "Ian Coldwater". devopsdays. Retrieved July 23, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ a b Cloud Native Computing Foundation (November 20, 2020). "Cloud Native Computing Foundation Announces 2020 Community Awards Winners". Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  18. ^ 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)
  19. ^ Geesaman, Brad (March 2, 2020). "Advanced Persistence Threats - The Future of Kubernetes Attacks". Darkbit. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
  20. ^ "Container Breakout: Cybersecurity Lessons Learned". SHARE. Retrieved January 24, 2022.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ian_Coldwater&oldid=1092406340

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