
Executives
This guide is for executives looking for lessons learned and actionable insights to help take their organization’s security, identity, and compliance to the next level.
Overview

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Kesha Williams
Hello! I’m Kesha Williams, an AWS Machine Learning Hero and Alexa Champion. I currently serve as the Program Director for Slalom’s AWS Cloud Residency program, a career accelerator for cloud engineers. AWS re:Inforce is always an exciting time to learn best practices, network, and hear inspiring customer success stories focusing on security, identity, and compliance. In this guide, I hand-picked sessions that are helpful for executives looking for lessons learned and actionable insights to help take their organization’s security, identity, and compliance to the next level. Join the sessions in this guide to help you maximize your time at re:Inforce.
Breakout Sessions
DAP305 | Using AWS data protection services for innovation and automation
AWS has several security services that help organizations meet their organizational and compliance expectations. In this breakout session, executives will learn how to protect their most sensitive data.
GRC201 | Optimizing audits with automation
Do you need to prepare for an IT audit? This breakout session explores ways to collect and interpret audit information. Automation is a great way to save your organization time.
GRC305 | Best practices for cloud governance at scale
Cloud governance is key to a successful cloud adoption. In this breakout session, learn about cloud governance best practices and ways to manage hybrid and regulated environments.
TDR204 | Continuous innovation in AWS detection and response services
Recent innovations in detection and continuous monitoring have provided greater control and insight into security risks. This breakout session helps you explore those innovations and how they seamlessly integrate into your existing security framework.
APS401 | Empower innovation and agility with security in DevOps
DevOps practices are widely used for agility, but how do you move quickly and stay secure? This breakout session explores preventative and detective measures to help development teams improve application security while maintaining velocity.
IAM307 | Steps toward a Zero Trust architecture on AWS
Zero-trust principles and architectures are important for securing modern workplaces. This breakout session highlights architecture patterns and security mechanisms to help protect your critical data and workloads.
Chalk Talks
APS231-R | A security-first mindset: Training builders to prioritize security
This chalk talk shows executives how to implement a security guardian program at their organization. I love that AWS is the case study showing how their program was developed and scaled.
NIS232 | Protecting your remote workforce and data
Remote working is the new normal, but how do executives ensure their workforce and data are secure? I’m especially looking forward to this chalk talk because it explores architecture patterns for protecting users and data.
DAP232-R | Meeting digital sovereignty with the AWS sovereign-by-design approach
How are you meeting your digital sovereignty requirements? Even if you’re doing well, there are exciting features coming to help you further meet your digital sovereignty requirements. Learn about these features in this chalk talk!
Lightning talk
GRC222 | Using AI/ML to scale governance, risk management, and audits
As an AWS ML Hero, I'm especially looking forward to this lightning talk! In this session, learn how machine learning can help with security control governance and predicting audit requirements. How cool is that?