Detection-as-Code: A New Playbook for Smarter Security Operations
What You’ll Learn:
- Why traditional security rulesets fail to keep up with evolving threats.
- How security teams can apply DevOps principles—like automation and version control—to security policies.
- The role of real-time testing in reducing false positives and improving defenses.
Reserve Your Spot for Our Upcoming Webcast
As web attacks grow more sophisticated, security teams need more adaptable and scalable defenses.
This webcast explores the concept of detection-as-code—treating security rules like software for faster iteration, automation, and precision threat detection, using Fastly's WAF Simulator as the example of how security professionals can apply modern development workflows to security operations, making threat response more efficient and reliable.
Event Speakers
Daniel Corbett is a Principal Product Technology Manager on the Fastly Security Product team. He has over 15 years of experience as a security practitioner and has previously worked at a high-traffic managed hosting provider, where he architected and built secure infrastructure, mitigated threats and attacks of varying degrees, and performed incident response. Daniel is a passionate teacher and mentor who enjoys helping others. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his family, working on home improvement projects, or trying to replicate meals from his favorite restaurants.
Liam Mayron is a Staff Product Manager at Fastly where he focuses on security. He’s held a variety of roles at LogRhythm, Akamai, and Harris Corp. (now L3Harris Technologies). Additionally, he was an Assistant Professor at the Florida Institute of Technology where he created the Master of Science in Information Assurance and Cybersecurity degree program. He has a Ph.D. in computer engineering and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
Simran is a Staff Security Researcher at Fastly where he focuses on threat intelligence, vulnerability research, and product innovation. He enjoys researching novel attack techniques and fortifying technology to prevent real-world web attacks. He has spent his career on both the offensive and defensive sides of the industry in both public and private sectors with an emphasis on building modern security solutions.
Adrian is an outspoken researcher that doesn’t shy away from uncomfortable truths. He loves to write about the security industry, tell stories, and still sees the glass as half full.