Tuesday, 13 May

Hybrid: Building security into our CI/CD pipeline

Chris Blackwell shares best practices for building secure financial apps that handle sensitive data, ensuring a secure software lifecycle.

By BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

Date and time

Tue, 13 May 2025 18:00 - 19:45 GMT+1

Location

University of Gloucestershire, Park Campus

PK-TC-014 Tiered Lecture Theatre The Park Cheltenham GL50 2RH United Kingdom

Agenda

6:00 PM

Refreshment and Networking

6:30 PM

Talk by Chris Blackwell

7:30 PM

Questions and answer

7:45 PM

Event ends

About this event

Event lasts 1 hour 45 minutes

SPEAKER

Chris Blackwell

SYNOPSIS

In this talk, we will look at best practises when building and deploying financial applications that process highly sensitive data.

At iPipeline we provide an interface to pipe data through our systems for generating life insurance quotes. We process sensitive information, and we keep our application secure and our data safe. We bake security into our build and deploy process to ensure a secure software lifecycle.

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY

Chris Blackwell has been securing iPipeline application for over half a decade.

As an OWASP Member and BCS committee member, he is passionate about technology and security. He is an AWS Security Specialist and CompTIA Security Expert.

Focusing on API security and best practises, to keep applications and data secure in the world of financial services.

Our events are for adults aged 16 years and over.

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THIS EVENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

Cheltenham & Gloucester branch

Organised by

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

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