Skyler Ferran

Principal - Solution Validation, Coalfire Systems, Inc​

Skyler Ferran ([email protected]) is a Principal Security Consultant in the Industry Solutions Team with Coalfire. Skyler has over a decade of experience working as a QSA, QSA(P2PE), QPA, and CPSA-L/-P helping clients architect, develop, and implement systems and software for use in and support of PCI DSS environments. He has authored and spoken on multiple security topics including cryptographic security, key management, social-engineering, penetration testing, software development lifecycle, and PCI compliance. He holds the CISSP, QSA, QSA(P2PE), QPA, CPSA-L, CPSA-P, and CISA certifications.

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PIN Processing in the Cloud - How We Made It Happen

Date: Thursday, September 12

Presented by: Ryan Day, Innovation Security Governance Specialist, Block, Inc.; Skyler Ferran, Principal - Solution Validation, Coalfire Systems, Inc​ and Tim Winston, Principal Industry Specialist - Payments, Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Over the last year, Block, Amazon Web Services, and Coalfire worked collaboratively to migrate PIN processing to the cloud. As with any migration to new technologies or novel architectures that were not included in previous compliance assessments, this effort faced many challenges and resulted in many lessons learned. In this panel discussion, you will hear the perspectives from each of the participants and how they were able to successfully work through the compliance challenges together.