Log4Shell - The Inside Story

June 20, 2023
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Description

On December 10th, 2021, the world learned about a critical zero-day vulnerability in Log4j circulated by the name “Log4Shell”. Apache gave Log4Shell a CVSS severity rating of 10, the highest available score. Rob will describe the Log4j defect and its implications, and how to protect against it and such defects in the future.

Added bonus: As an Apache committee member, Rob was privy to some details that were not publicly known and might share them if we ask nicely.

Speaker: Rob Tompkins

Rob Tompkins is an AWS expert as well as a committee member for the Apache Commons Project, a ubiquitous open source Java project. Previously a professional whitewater kayaker, and climbing guide.

Date & Time

Tuesday June 20, 2023
06:00 PM to 08:00 PM EDT

Agenda

06:00 - 06:10 Welcome & Networking
06:10 - 6:15 Announcements
06:15 - 07:15 Main presentation
07:15 - 07:25 Q&A
07:25 - 07:30 Wrap-up

Venue

Ippon Technologies
3431 W Leigh St
Richmond, VA 23223

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Ippon is a consulting and expertise firm, who is convinced that technology is a source of progress for society. We help our clients leverage their digital assets to design an appropriate strategy and deploy their transformation roadmap at scale.

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