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I joined BT Australia 7 years ago as the first and only security sales person in the business. Today, it is a practice…
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Hans Haverhals reposted thisHans Haverhals reposted thisDeterministic security for non-deterministic AI. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore is an agentic platform for building, deploying, and operating agents securely at scale using any framework and model. These are the top security features I mention when I talk to CIOs, CTOs, CISOs and builders about AgentCore. 1. 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞: Isolate every session in a microVM, terminated and memory sanitized after use. https://lnkd.in/g7_Egf5Y 2. 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐲: Consolidate tool calls behind one secure, audited endpoint. https://lnkd.in/ggW6YEKE 3. 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲: Enforce fine-grained access rules on every tool call before it runs. https://lnkd.in/gR5qmKd5 4. 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲: Authenticate users via your IdP to control who can invoke agents. https://lnkd.in/gzV9iVGr 5. 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: Track session metrics, latency, token use and errors for agents and built-in tools. https://lnkd.in/gcgJV9tX 6. 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬: Filter harmful content, prompt attacks and PII in inputs and responses. https://lnkd.in/g2aEQ9Rd Check out my previous post about the top security facts about Amazon Bedrock: https://lnkd.in/g6VtGR6W Thanks to my colleagues who helped review this post: Barry, Chris, Zohreh #secureai #aisecurity #awssecurity #aws Nam, Adrian, Rhys, Bryce, Hans, Dean, Darran, Tyson, Christopher, James, Luke, Warren, Matt, Mark, Sophie, Eugene, Shannon, Charlotte, Manoj, Catherine, Nieves, David, Kim, Praveen, Romain, Toshi, Naomi, Chris, Jamie, Mark
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Hans Haverhals shared thisCISOs are the critical gatekeepers of AI adoption in 2026 — and increasingly, the enablers. Gartner reports 43% of enterprises cite security as their no.1 barrier, but the ones moving fastest are those where the CISO has architectural confidence from day one. AWS provides a completely decoupled, model-agnostic playground without sacrificing a single drop of native AWS enterprise security control. It's the perfect balance of flexibility and uncompromised protection. Bedrock's primary differentiator is its architecture. It acts as a serverless, single API unified gateway to third-party models, where AWS fully wraps the third-party container in the AWS security blanket. Data never leaves your perimeter. Enabling the CISO to accelerate AI and innovation, securely. #secureai #aisecurity #awssecurity #aws #ciso #openai #AmazonBedrockHans Haverhals shared thisToday marks a milestone for customers across Australia and New Zealand. With Open AI’s frontier models now available on Amazon Bedrock, our customers have access to the world's leading AI models, with the enterprise security, governance, and flexibility they need to move from experimentation to production at scale. This isn't just about adding models to a menu. It's about a conviction we've held from the start: customers should never have to compromise between speed of innovation and the flexibility they need to use the right model for their use case. Our partnership with OpenAI deepens that commitment. Together, we're ensuring customers can access the most capable AI models available, backed by AWS infrastructure, security, and the local support you need to move fast. Amazon Bedrock continues to offer: ✅ Best-in-class frontier models, one unified API ✅ Enterprise-grade security and governance built in ✅ The flexibility to choose the right model for the right workload Whether you're building agentic AI workflows, transforming developer productivity, or reimagining how your teams work, OpenAI frontier models are now at your fingertips on Amazon Bedrock. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gnnbQ4Da Manuel Bohnet Lucy Moffat (née Segal) Sarah Bassett Adam Riley Nam Je Cho Garett Paton Nick Blamey Jamie Simon Mark Lewis Jaime Valles Louise Stigwood Agnes Panosian Ben Petrucci Chris Barnes Koren O'Brien Matthew Payton Nicole Seils GAICD Philip Vella Saket Narayan Zoe Flanigan Inspired by today, relentless about tomorrow.
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Hans Haverhals shared thisAWS PartnerEquip: Live is scheduled from 28 - 30 April in Bangkok, Thailand! This event series is designed for AWS Specialization Partners (AWS Competency, Managed Service Provider, Service Delivery, and Service Ready), and those with qualifying in-progress applications, to receive in-person enablement through access to strategic and confidential content, hands-on workshops, Q&A with AWS leaders, and much more. The series helps you enhance your technical capabilities and build a co-sell strategy with AWS experts. Join us to gain valuable insights directly from AWS customer needs and industry trends to inform your business strategy, get exclusive updates on AWS's current and upcoming offerings to stay ahead of the curve, discover new partnership opportunities to grow your business through joint solutions and go-to-market initiatives, connect and engage with other AWS Partners, and engage in open discussions and share feedback with AWS subject matter experts (SMEs). Schedule 1:1 meetings with AWS executives and SMEsHans Haverhals shared this🚀⭐️🎉All of my APJ friends 🚀⭐️🎉 Registration for AWS #PartnerEquip: #Bangkok is now open! I will be there alongside AWS Security Leadership from the global and APJ team. This will be the primary PartnerEquip servicing the #ASEAN and #ANZ regions and is an event that you wont want to miss! Amazon Web Services (AWS) AWS Partners Ryan Orsi Dean Lawrence Juli Crompe Jamie Rubbi-Clarke Chamandeep Singh Derek Seymour Chris Casey Erik Farr Rohan Karmarkar Justin Criswell, CISSP Danielle Ruderman Himanshu Verma Murat Yanar Carmen Puccio Brian Bohan Aliaksei Ivanou Riggs Goodman III Christopher Rae Keyvyn Rogers Stephanie Rice Brian Leedy Brianna Hernandez Sofía Aluma-Santos Jason Goode Jacob Abbott Hans Haverhals Hart Rossman Kimberly Dickson Matthew Meck Nicholas Jaeger Nick Kelly Rohit Panjala Frank Schwarzenau Alpna Daniels Celeste Bishop, CC Tim Honychurch #cybersecurity #security #Thailand #AI #agent #LLM #firewall #WAF #TDIR #Incident #Response https://lnkd.in/g5DRXxstAmazon Web Services (AWS) - Cloud Computing ServicesAmazon Web Services (AWS) - Cloud Computing Services
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Hans Haverhals shared thisHuman error contributes to 88% of data breaches. With organizations racing to deploy LLMs, one of the most pressing challenges in the new Gen AI world is understanding HOW to keep your enterprise data SECURE. We break it down in our new whitepaper "Navigating the security landscape of Gen AI: https://go.aws/4lfIbuw The paper focuses on eight initial threat vectors, and provides actionable mitigation strategies for each. Co-authored by Matthew Schwartz and Mac Stevens featuring insights from Paul Vixie, Hart Rossman, phillip simpson, Matthew Schwartz, and Jessica K., as well as our top Partner CISOs.Hans Haverhals shared thisHow are you prioritizing #security within your organization's #generativeAI initiatives? 🛡️ ☁️ 🔒 From onboarding new technologies to managing risks, our experts share insights to help you navigate security threats. Swipe below. 👇 Download now for advice on: ▶️ Scoping generative AI use cases ▶️ Threat modeling for generative AI applications ▶️ Managing data access for data science teams Check out more security insights here. 👉 https://go.aws/43JMgR1 #AWS #LearnWithAWSExperts #AI
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Hans Haverhals shared thisA great example of how Amazon Security Lake can help our customers do more for less.Hans Haverhals shared thisExciting AWS customer success story showcasing Siemens leveraging Amazon Security Lake & Cribl to enhance security visibility and achieve significant cost savings. By ingesting 5-7 TB of security data daily into Amazon Security Lake, Siemens efficiently forwards the most critical 600 GB of data to Splunk for in-depth analysis through Cribl. This streamlined approach results in a remarkable 90% reduction 📉 in data volume, leading to substantial savings of 1.3 million dollars 💰 .Siemens Boosts Security Visibility Across 800+ AWS Accounts Using Amazon Security Lake | Case Study | AWSSiemens Boosts Security Visibility Across 800+ AWS Accounts Using Amazon Security Lake | Case Study | AWS
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Hans Haverhals shared thisMany of our customers have shown interest in how AWS has built its Security Guardian program (one of the many mechanisms which we use to continuously reinforce our culture of security). This excellent new blog from Mitch Beaumont answers a lot of the common questions we've been asked. If you want to learn more about it, get in touch with any of your AWS security contacts. #AWS #CloudSecurity #AWSCloud #AWSExecutiveInsightsHow to build a Security Guardians program to distribute security ownership | Amazon Web ServicesHow to build a Security Guardians program to distribute security ownership | Amazon Web Services
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Hans Haverhals shared thisA topic we get asked about often: how AWS tracks the cloud’s biggest security threats and helps shut them down.Hans Haverhals shared thisMeet Mithra, our massive graph neural network with 3.5 billion nodes and 48 billion edges that uses algorithms for high-fidelity threat intelligence. AWS infrastructure radically transforms threat intelligence. We significantly boost threat intelligence accuracy with unparalleled insight, in real time, that we can quickly analyze and use to defend our customers. Producing accurate, timely, actionable, and scalable threat intelligence is a responsibility we take very seriously. Learn more in my latest blog: https://lnkd.in/epqb9eswHow AWS tracks the cloud’s biggest security threats and helps shut them down | Amazon Web ServicesHow AWS tracks the cloud’s biggest security threats and helps shut them down | Amazon Web Services
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Hans Haverhals shared thisSecurity is a top priority at AWS. Join us at #AWSomeDay to discover what that means for our customers. Learn beginner-friendly cloud security principles every builder needs to know. In just 3 hours, you'll master cloud basics, including compute, databases, and more. Don't miss out on this essential cloud training! 🗓️ Save the date: 11 July 👉 Register now: https://go.aws/4dXk1RX #aws #awssecurity #cloudsecurity Phil Rodrigues Rhys Evans Dean Lawrence Hani Adhami Daniel Alcantara Pratima Singh Frank Phillis Zohreh Norouzi Byron Pogson Mike J Reynolds
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Hans Haverhals shared thisAWS re:Invent is next week! Click the link to access on overview of all the key security sessions. re:Invent offers a diverse range of security content, tailored to all personas: Seminar-style content includes breakout sessions and innovation talks, delivered by AWS thought leaders. These are curated to focus on topics most critical to our customers’ businesses and spotlight advancements AWS has enabled for them. For more interactive or hands-on content, check out chalk talks, dev chats, builder sessions, workshops, and code talks. If you plan to attend re:Invent 2023 and you’re interested in connecting with a security, identity, or compliance product team, reach out (to me, any of your AWS Security contacts, and/or your Account Manager). The APJ security teams will be providing high level overviews of the most important security announcements in the days & weeks following re:Invent.The security attendee’s guide to AWS re:Invent 2023 | Amazon Web ServicesThe security attendee’s guide to AWS re:Invent 2023 | Amazon Web Services
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Hans Haverhals liked thisHans Haverhals liked thisI’ve been a supporter of #ScamsAwarenessWeek for years advocating for us all to be "Scam Fit". Just like physical fitness or mental wellbeing, staying safe online relies on the choices we make every day. Taking a moment to verify who's contacting you, checking a request before responding, or pausing when something feels unusual go a long way to keeping us all safer. There is no stereotypical profile of a scam victim. They're parents, retirees, students, small business owners, friends, neighbours, and colleagues. In other words, any of us can fall victim. Scammers use a range of tactics and technologies to create urgency and pressure people into acting quickly, they don't see the person behind the screen. They see a target 🎯. This Scams Awareness Week I’ve made another refresher video reminding Australians that a few simple habits can help keep you safer online all year round. If something doesn't feel right, STOP, CHECK and PROTECT before you act and report it to ScamWatch: https://lnkd.in/grgBzrRy I encourage everyone a have conversations about being Scam Fit with their family and friends. #ScamFit #StopCheckProtect #ACCC nbn® Australia
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Hans Haverhals liked thisHans Haverhals liked thisGoogle just published what comes after zero trust. One small problem: the architecture assumes you're Google. Beyond Zero is a genuinely interesting paper. Shrink the trust boundary from the application down to the individual action, with an AI reasoning engine deciding whether this specific export of these fifty thousand records looks right. This was always the plan for zero trust, we just got bogged down in the realities of enabling a business before we got there. The catch is that the paper describes Google's reality, not yours. They build 80% of what they run and own a custom auth stack that can enforce policy on every action. You have 600 half-managed SaaS tools, a data classification project that died years ago, and a five-person security team that isn't reviewing what an AI wrongly blocked at 2am. I wrote up what's actually buildable today, the problems the paper glosses over, and why your existing zero trust rollout is the foundation rather than the casualty. Im hoping this finally lights a fire under some of the zero trust vendors that have been stagnating as of late. We finally have the nudge we need to finish what we started. Link to full blog in the comments below.
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Hans Haverhals reacted on thisHans Haverhals reacted on thisI’ve decided to leave AWS! I learned so much in 5.87 years, like using precise numbers in writing :-) Building out the security specialist team was an honor and an incredible career chapter. But what I’m most grateful for is the opportunity to work with amazing teams and truly remarkable talent! Thanks so much to the many colleagues that made the time fly by. A very incomplete list includes Shawn Kirk, Clayton Smith, MBA, Chris Rodgers, Jay Veteto, John Hopkins, Juan Carlos Orozco, Thiago Cunha, Hans Haverhals, David Perkins, Alex Waddell, Scott Collins, 🛡 Jesus Rodriguez, Travis Rocco, Chris Elmore, Ben Thomas, Jesse Lepich, Joe Wagner, Michael Ingoldby, Karen Newman, Justin Criswell, CISSP, Himanshu Verma, Danielle Ruderman, Ryan Orsi, Celeste, Matthew Meck, Nicholas Jaeger, Rushir Patel, Brian Mendenhall, Kimberly Dickson, Christopher Rae, Chris Foote, Darren Koenig, Arym Diamond, Aaron Levine, Mike Lapidakis, Quint Van Deman, Angelo Comazzetto. I’m excited to share the next chapter with you all soon, stay tuned!
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Hans Haverhals reacted on thisHans Haverhals reacted on thisWe are very pleased to welcome Firuza Karimova, to the Board of Standard Chartered Bank (Mauritius) Limited as a Non Executive Director. Firuza is currently serving at Standard Chartered Bank as the Chief Information Security Officer, Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB), Core Technology & Functions. She is based in Singapore. Firuza brings extensive international banking experience and a strong background in cybersecurity, cybercrime risk management and technology governance. Her expertise will be particularly valuable as the industry navigates an increasingly complex and rapidly evolving risk landscape. I would also like to thank Mark Price, Chief Operating Officer, CIB for his immense contribution to the Board. His counsel, support and commitment have been greatly appreciated, and we are grateful for the impact he has made during his tenure. We look forward to working with Firuza as we continue to grow our franchise, support our clients' ambitions and be a force for good in the Mauritius jurisdiction. #StandardChartered #HereForGood #BoardLeadership #CorporateGovernance #CyberSecurity #OperationalResilience #RiskManagement
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Hans Haverhals liked thisHans Haverhals liked thisAnd so it begins. I am excited to be starting a new role at Palo Alto Networks leading the SASE team as Vice President across JAPAC. Thank you for the opportunity John Maynard and Anupam Upadhyaya.....Lets Go!!!! There will be more to share over the coming weeks but I already know enough about the solutions on offer Palo Alto Networks to know they are world class. Add to this the pace of innovation and there is little doubt as to why they are a world leader in cybersecurity. Every new Palo Alto Networks customer secures their business and makes the world a safer place for all. John Maynard, Anupam Upadhyaya, Najib Hatahet, Nikesh Arora, Denis Donnelly, Steve Manley, Bryan Stibbard, Jill Yong, Phil Vasic
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Hans Haverhals liked thisHans Haverhals liked thisToday, I’m starting a new chapter in my professional journey and I couldn’t be more "stoked" about what’s ahead. I’m joining a team with with a great energy, ambition, a strong desire to make a difference and drop the biggest waves of the cybersecurity industry, in a company with a solution that is literally going #Upwind. Against the current, against conventional thinking and against everything the market says “this is how it has always been done.” Because talking about innovation is fine, but delivering it also in #RealTime is what we do better. My mission in this new chapter is to strengthen our Strategic Alliances Ecosystem across LATAM, working closely with Cloud Service Providers and building an even stronger network of Strategic Partners. The goal is to turn partnerships into growth, ecosystems into opportunities, and turn technology into real business outcomes. I’m deeply grateful for the opportunity and, above all, for the trust placed in me. To our leadership team: Amiram Shachar, Lavi Ferdman, Max Stevens, Samuel Zejger and of course, Ariel Negrin, thank you for the confidence and support. That trust will be critical as we challenge assumptions, break new grounds, and build what I believe can become a different way of doing cloud security in Latin America. We’re not here to sail with the wind, we’re going Upwind Security. The #LatamStorm is going to be huge this season 🌊🏄 𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐭, 𝐥𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐭. 𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐔𝐩 & 𝐔𝐩𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝.
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Hans Haverhals reacted on thisHans Haverhals reacted on thisMy time at AWS comes to an end today, I want to take a moment to look back and express my gratitude for this incredible journey. It’s been exactly 50 months (1512 Day Ones), and whenever people asked me what it was like to work here, my answer was and will always be: 𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐙𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐘 𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓. Beyond its unique culture, the builder mindset at AWS is unmatched. Working alongside such intelligent, creative, and capable people, who are constantly pushing hard to modernize and transform through people and technology, it has been an absolute privilege to live during my last 4 years here. Thanks to Brendan Staveley and Shawn Kirk for giving me the opportunity to join AWS (to my very first team which we had such great QBRs and fun together), to Himanshu Verma, Justin Criswell, CISSP and Danielle Ruderman, and their whole team, for being always very supportive, engaged into all the activities we did in LATAM. To Ricardo Brognoli for leading a mixed and new talented team and getting things back on track and Armando Martines Neto for leading and guiding with excellence the spectacular LATAM Specialists Team. Appreciate also every single LATAM member who I had the opportunity to support somehow, and the leadership team: Juan Carlos "JC" Gutierrez, Luis Fernando Liguori, Cleber Morais, JULIO MORAIS, Americo de Paula e Silva Junior, Javier Cristancho, Daniel Saldarriaga, Juan Pablo Estevez, Juan Ignacio Filips, Rafael Mattje de Carvalho, Manuel Puron and@Rubén Mugártegui for the collaboration, support, and trust that Security as a continuous learning as well. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨: Dario Goldfarb, Omner Barajas, Giovanni Ferraz, Fabian Serrano, Pedro Gadelha, Maria Camila Castaño Cortes, and the Tech Field Communities from AWS LATAM, for being the "𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞", a truly team that had always been by my side, bringing positive results and improving the security maturity for the customers. As I step into my next adventure, I leave a reminder of something that will always stay with me: 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐖𝐒, keep pushing guys. I won’t be far, I’ll remain close by, continuing to support our partners and customers in this Security industry that’s growing bigger every day and demanding more of our focus. Let’s definitely stay connected on my next chapter. #OneLatamSecTeam4Ever
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