Keynote

AWS re:Inforce 2020 kicks off with the keynote session on Tuesday, June 30, featuring the AWS vice president and chief information security officer, Stephen Schmidt. You will learn how AWS manages security at scale, using innovative techniques and best practices. We will take a look at the AWS security roadmap to give you a glimpse into the future of cloud security. You will also hear from industry-leading guest speakers who share their experiences with security, compliance, identity, and governance in the cloud.

Keynote Speaker

Stephen E. Schmidt

Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, AWS

Stephen Schmidt is the vice president and chief information security officer of AWS. At AWS, he leads product design, management, and engineering development efforts focused on bringing the competitive, economic, and security benefits of cloud computing to business and government customers.

Prior to joining AWS, Schmidt had an extensive career at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where he served as a senior executive. His roles at the FBI included a term as acting chief technology officer, a section chief responsible for the FBI’s technical collection and analysis platforms, and a section chief overseeing the FBI Cyber Division components responsible for the technical analysis of computer and network intrusion activities. His Cyber Division oversight included areas of malicious code analysis, computer exploitation tool reverse engineering, and technical analysis of computer intrusions.