Halloween editions of DevOps Exchange is brought to you by LinuxRecruit x Deliveroo and features Horror Stories from Netflix & Ziglu.

This month, DOX is bringing you some of the scariest stories around from two incredible technology companies in an evening we have dubbed: DevOps Nightmares!

And what would be your worst nightmare during a global pandemic, yes Netflix is down! We have special insight into how Netflix ensures it stays up and running for the millions of users that rely on it.

We'll also have a spooky tale from Crypt...o start up Ziglu, all about deleting the file systems used to house the binaries for BACS, having 8 hours to restore these systems, restart everything without getting caught and ensuring almost everyone in the UK got paid the next day... Oh and they'll name names...

*To celebrate this event and our partnership with Deliveroo, we have ten £15 vouchers up for grabs! Simply RSVP to the event to be in with a chance of winning!.*

Winners will be announced in the build up to the event.

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Your worst nightmare: Netflix is down!!

David Gildeh, Telemetry Insight Leader @ Netflix

We all know Netflix has become an essential service during the pandemic, but how does Netflix ensure that it all stays up and running for the millions of users that rely on it? David Gildeh will talk about the observability tools Netflix has developed internally to help its Engineers troubleshoot issues and continue serving its users reliably.

David Gildeh was the Founder of Outlyer, a cloud monitoring company, during which he helped start Doxlon the meet-up you’ve come to love for DevOps! Since the company was sold last year, he now resides in Silicon Valley and heads up the Telemetry platform team at Netflix.

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Ghost in the Korn Shell

Hussein Badakhchani, CTO @ Ziglu

How Infrastructure as Code saved UK retail payments from opps gremlins and why you really need to implement immutable infrastructure.

Hussein Badakhchani (Hoos) Is a distinguished technologist with over 25 years of professional experience in financial services technology. Having worked for institutions such as the Bankers Automated Clearing System (BACS), Deutsche Bank, VocaLink - MasterCard, YouTrip, Wave Money and now Ziglu; Hussein has a proven track record of delivering innovative banking and financial services platforms in some of the most competitive markets in the world.

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Tricks to keeping your Secrets from being a Hacker's Treat

Andrea Cappuccinello, Security Consultant for DevOps @ CyberArk

What would happen if someone or something gains access to your company’s data? How can you improve your current methodology to ensure that your secrets are safe?

Andrea Cappuccinello will guide you through a spooky journey, fending off against the perils of hardcoded and exposed credentials and talking about what type of controls can help protect yourself and your organisation.

Andrea Cappuccinello is a Security Consultant for CyberArk, a cybersecurity company, focused on helping customers worldwide protect their privileged accounts. A fervent supporter of the shift-left approach to security within DevOps, he helped identify many critical issues over frameworks, CI/CD tools, Platforms as a Service and application workflows.

All the best,
The DOX team

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