As security practitioners, we face the challenge of driving innovation whilst needing to balance security risks. This talk explores how to overcome this challenge by managing Open Source dependencies more effectively, automating patching, and establishing better security policies and processes to help teams harness the power of Open Source more securely.
Speaker

Celine Pypaert
Vulnerability Manager @Johnson Matthey, Women in CyberSecurity UK Volunteer, Book Contributor, Ex-Microsoft
Celine is Security Vulnerability Manager at Johnson Matthey, a global leader in sustainable technologies manufacturing. They were previously a Security Technical Specialist at Microsoft UK and security presales engineer at VMware.
Celine successfully achieved a career-switch - going from manual and service work into cybersecurity by self-teaching for years, later earning a Computer Science degree.
Celine is now in their second cyber leadership role, blending technical knowledge and cyber strategy with deep people collaboration, to collectively align with and achieve business objectives.
A big believer in giving back to the community, Celine is passionate about helping marginalised people get into or progress in STEAM, volunteering with Stemettes, Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) UK & Ireland, and Alliances Global. They also helped co-found Microsoft's first Social Mobility ERG (Employee Resource Group).