GOTO Amsterdam (June 17-19, 2015) is a vendor independent international software development conference with more that 50 top speakers and 500 attendees. The conference covers topics such as AngularJS, Disruption, Docker, Drones, Elasticsearch, Hadoop, Microservices & Scrum.

Alex Reelsen, Elasticsearch & Shield Developer

Alex Reelsen

Biography: Alex Reelsen

Alexander is an Elasticsearch and Shield developer, who is interested in all things search and scale. Having worked on Elasticsearch for about two years, he enjoys writing code, giving talks and trainings, and introducing people to all things ELK. He loves hiking and basketball, and enjoys watching or playing whenever possible.

Twitter: @spinscale

Presentation: Shield Your Cluster: Security and Elasticsearch

Track: Elasticsearch / Time: Thursday 14:30 - 15:20 / Location: Veilingzaal

In this talk, Alex will provide an overview of the different ways to secure an Elasticsearch cluster and your ELK environment. He will cover standard use cases, such as putting HTTP proxies in front of Elasticsearch, then illustrate the advantages and obstacles of each option.
He'll conclude with a discussion of how and why Elasticsearch Shield was built, including how it helps you secure both your data and communication. Use case examples for Shield will also be on offer.