diff --git a/assets/events/2025-chicago/speakers/keith-willoughby.jpg b/assets/events/2025-chicago/speakers/keith-willoughby.jpg index a09501d2c44..2e92bca4c1e 100644 Binary files a/assets/events/2025-chicago/speakers/keith-willoughby.jpg and b/assets/events/2025-chicago/speakers/keith-willoughby.jpg differ diff --git a/assets/events/2025-chicago/speakers/paul-czarkowski.png b/assets/events/2025-chicago/speakers/paul-czarkowski.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..b1c4a616a0b Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/events/2025-chicago/speakers/paul-czarkowski.png differ diff --git a/content/events/2025-chicago/program/keith-willoughby.md b/content/events/2025-chicago/program/keith-willoughby.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..dd689915a9c --- /dev/null +++ b/content/events/2025-chicago/program/keith-willoughby.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ ++++ +Talk_date = "" +Talk_start_time = "" +Talk_end_time = "" +Title = "Confessions of an Incident Manager: Tales from the Trenches" +Type = "talk" +Speakers = ["keith-willoughby"] +sharing_image = "keith-willoughby.png" ++++ diff --git a/content/events/2025-chicago/program/mic-mccully.md b/content/events/2025-chicago/program/mic-mccully.md deleted file mode 100644 index 168ed4a08aa..00000000000 --- a/content/events/2025-chicago/program/mic-mccully.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,19 +0,0 @@ -+++ -Talk_date = "" -Talk_start_time = "" -Talk_end_time = "" -Title = "Shadow Vulnerabilities in AI/ML Data Stacks - What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You" -Type = "talk" -Speakers = ["mic-mccully"] -sharing_image = "mic-mccully.png" -+++ - -The adoption of open-source AI software introduces a new family of vulnerabilities to organizations. Some components in AI, like model serving, include Remote Code Execution (RCE) by design, like when loading pre-trained models from external sources. - -Traditional SCA and SAST approaches are not built for the AI ecosystem leaving a huge & insecure attack surface. The irony is that in the AI ecosystem, security issues such as remote code execution are actually a feature and not a bug, often specified explicitly in the docs, which most devs don’t read. - -AI models are often downloaded from the public web, from untrusted sources in common platforms like HuggingFace using the “trust_remote_code=True” flag when loading models.  So how do we better secure our AI stacks? - -In this talk, we’ll examine some of the common security anti-patterns prevalent in AI engineering, such as security issues that are not classified as CVEs by design, or patched security issues that introduce breaking changes and therefore are not practically implemented. - -We’ll review the methods introduced for better security hygiene such as new checkpoint formats (model files on disk) - like SavedModel and SafeTensors. While SCA, SAST, and traditional approaches don't analyze model checkpoints, leaving these silent vulnerabilities in your stacks, we’ll demo through real code examples, why the runtime context is crucial to detect these security issues––and how this can be achieved by leveraging eBPF and open source tooling providing real-time security context to improve the security of your AI applications. diff --git a/content/events/2025-chicago/program/paul-czarkowski.md b/content/events/2025-chicago/program/paul-czarkowski.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..74afa2eb608 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/events/2025-chicago/program/paul-czarkowski.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ ++++ +Talk_date = "" +Talk_start_time = "" +Talk_end_time = "" +Title = "Private AI at Home: Secure, Open-Source, and Fully Yours" +Type = "talk" +Speakers = ["paul-czarkowski"] +sharing_image = "paul-czarkowski.png" ++++ + +Large language models (LLMs) and generative AI tools are more accessible than ever—but do you really want to send all your data to the cloud? In this talk, we’ll explore how to **build your own private AI assistant**, running entirely on **open-source software and self-hosted hardware**. + +We’ll cover:
+✅ **Hardware choices**—from budget-friendly setups to high-performance AI rigs.
+✅ **Hosting LLMs locally** with **Ollama** and picking the right models for your needs.
+✅ **Connecting AI to external tools**—from coding assistance in your IDE to reading and analyzing legal documents.
+✅ **Generating images** with **Stable Diffusion**
+✅ **Ditching Alexa**—integrating **voice-controlled AI with Home Assistant** for **fully private home automation**. + +Whether you’re looking to enhance your workflow, boost privacy, or just tinker with AI at home, this session will give you everything you need to get started—**without breaking the bank or relying on Big Tech**. diff --git a/content/events/2025-chicago/speakers/mic-mccully.md b/content/events/2025-chicago/speakers/mic-mccully.md deleted file mode 100644 index 23f1ea2134d..00000000000 --- a/content/events/2025-chicago/speakers/mic-mccully.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@ -+++ -Title = "Mic McCully" -linkedin = "https://www.linkedin.com/in/micmccully/" -image = "mic-mccully.jpg" -type = "speaker" -linktitle = "mic-mccully" -sharing_image = "mic-mccully.png" -+++ - -Mic is an experienced senior security advocate who has spent his career evangelizing security software as a business enablement solution in some of the earliest security startups, as well as in significant positions within leading global security software enterprises. His security diversity throughout his tenure has led to experience in various domains, including application security, mobile security, data level security, network security, and developer-focused security. - -Today, Mic is the Director of Solution Engineering at Oligo Security, helping to evangelize and share the power of the Oligo platform. diff --git a/content/events/2025-chicago/speakers/paul-czarkowski.md b/content/events/2025-chicago/speakers/paul-czarkowski.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ad083b6787f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/events/2025-chicago/speakers/paul-czarkowski.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ ++++ +Title = "Paul Czarkowski" +linkedin = "https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-czarkowski-2670a545/" +image = "paul-czarkowski.png" +type = "speaker" +linktitle = "paul-czarkowski" +sharing_image = "paul-czarkowski.png" ++++ +Paul Czarkowski is a seasoned DevOps practitioner, open-source advocate, and cloud automation expert with over 20 years of experience in infrastructure, Kubernetes, and cloud-native technologies. A long-time DevOpsDays organizer and speaker, Paul has worked with industry leaders like Red Hat, VMware, IBM, and Electronic Arts. + +When he's not automating infrastructure or hacking on AI, you’ll find him championing DevOps culture, contributing to open-source projects, and smoking the best damned texas barbecue you've ever tasted. diff --git a/data/events/2025/chicago/program.yml b/data/events/2025/chicago/program.yml index 4708a63a3ae..d12ec5d2bc9 100644 --- a/data/events/2025/chicago/program.yml +++ b/data/events/2025/chicago/program.yml @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ program: date: 2025-03-18 start_time: "09:45" end_time: "09:55" - - title: "mic-mccully" + - title: "paul-czarkowski" type: talk date: 2025-03-18 start_time: "09:55" @@ -124,3 +124,5 @@ ignites: date: 2025-03-18 - title: "heather-thacker" date: 2025-03-18 + - title: "keith-willoughby" + date: 2025-03-18 diff --git a/static/events/2025-chicago/sharing/keith-willoughby.png b/static/events/2025-chicago/sharing/keith-willoughby.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4c6de7ee067 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/events/2025-chicago/sharing/keith-willoughby.png differ diff --git a/static/events/2025-chicago/sharing/mic-mccully.png b/static/events/2025-chicago/sharing/mic-mccully.png deleted file mode 100644 index 524b9320f50..00000000000 Binary files a/static/events/2025-chicago/sharing/mic-mccully.png and /dev/null differ diff --git a/static/events/2025-chicago/sharing/paul-czarkowski.png b/static/events/2025-chicago/sharing/paul-czarkowski.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..38cb0de27c9 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/events/2025-chicago/sharing/paul-czarkowski.png differ