Akula Madhu - Security automation with Ansible 2

BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI

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First published: December 2017

Production reference: 1121217

ISBN 978-1-78839-451-2

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Madhu Akulais a security Ninja and a security and DevOps researcher with extensive experience in the industry, ranging from client-facing assignments, building scalable and secure infrastructure, to publishing industry-leading research, to running training sessions for companies and governments alike.

Madhu's research papers are frequently selected for major security industry conferences including DEF CON 24, All Day DevOps (2016, 2017), DevSecCon (London, Singapore, Boston), DevOpsDays India, c0c0n, Serverless Summit, ToorCon, DefCamp, SkyDogCon, NolaCon, and null. Madhu was also a keynote speaker for the National Cyber Security conference at Dayananda Sagar College, Bangalore in February 2016.

When he's not working with Appsecco's clients or speaking at events, Madhu is actively involved in researching vulnerabilities in open source products/platforms such as WordPress, ntop, and OpenDocMan. He is also a contributing bug hunter at Code Vigilant (a project to secure open source software).

Madhu's research has identified many vulnerabilities in over 200 organizations including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Adobe, LinkedIn, eBay, AT&T, Blackberry, Cisco, and Barracuda. He is also an active member of Bugcrowd, Hackerone, Synack, and more. Madhu has trained over 5000 people in information security for companies and organizations including the Indian Navy and the Ministry of e-services in a leading Gulf state.