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Last month, Creditsafe’s Director of Information Security and Compliance, Geraint Treharne flew to Philadelphia for AWS re:Inforce, the annual, immersive, cloud-security learning event. Below, Geraint shares some insights and highlights from the exciting annual event which attracted over 5,200 attendees. ✈️ "What's this? Another Amazon Web Services (AWS) event you say? After all, for in-person events there's the AWS Summit, AWS re:invent, AWS Innovate, and now re:inforce! There are plenty more by the way, but they're virtual live or on demand only. Re:inforce is billed as a security event. I'm going to muddy the waters further and argue re:inforce is not even aimed primarily at security teams. Security teams would be primarily interested in either standards, compliance evidence gathering or reporting, or the security tooling itself for alerting/forensics/analysis means. I'd argue that there's an element of security in everyone's job, and this conference reflected that. The topics covered at re:inforce that I went to, and found most useful, included: ✔️ Strengthen Open Source Software Supply Chain Security ✔️ Strenghten security throughout the SDLC with generative AI ✔️ Accelerating auditing and compliance for generative AI on AWS ✔️ Strategies for risk mitigation ✔️ Establishing a data perimeter on AWS ✔️ GenAI Sills and Culture for Security Organisations ✔️ Provable Security and Automated Reasoning in testing There were some very useful architecture discussions hosted by the likes of CapitalOne and Meta on their use of AWS services. Especially their approaches to data perimeters, AWS organisations, quarantining accounts automatically and dynamic service control policies. The people I bumped into at the event were mostly Developers, Platform Engineers, Auditors and InfoSec management. 👋 There were some great examples of how AWS went the extra mile in running these sessions which included: ⭐ Live realtime transcriptions (with corrections!) of every session ⭐ Most sessions had live American Sign Language screens ⭐ Dedicated seating for sight impaired and wheelchair based attendees ⭐ Ramps and lifts for all disabled presenters ⭐ Silent disco style headphones for all sessions ⭐ Must have been at least 100 lab stations to try out ⭐ Gamified learning sessions where scenarios are worked through by teams of 6 on topics like incident management, SDLC, governance What did we learn? Creditsafe is already doing much which is considered best practice. There were also several frameworks that could either be utilised or adapted for Creditsafe. I'll be doing some presentations to any team at Creditsafe that's interested on what technologies were presented at re:invent and their applicability here." #AWS #reInforce

It's that time of the month to celebrate some more amazing 'You Rock' nominations! 🤘 Our ‘You Rock’ employee recognition schemes gives colleagues the opportunity to nominate and express gratitude to one another for their valuable contributions and commitment at Creditsafe. 🙌 Every month, we showcase the most recent recipients of the esteemed ‘You Rock’ award who have all gone above and beyond in the workplace. Here are just few of July's brilliant nominees. Congratulations to all for their well-deserved nominations! ⭐ #Congratulations #YouRock

Following the huge success of last year’s event with over 200 participants, our Hackathon is back and better than ever before! In fact… so much bigger that we have decided to rebrand. Introducing Innovation Day, and everyone’s invited! Held over two days, Innovation Day is a fast-paced, competitive event that brings participants of all skill-sets together to use creativity to propose a solution to a given problem. Taking place next month, teams will network, brainstorm, and pitch innovative ideas to a panel of judges and the team with the best presentation and solution will be crowned the winners. 👑 While there is a competitive element, the purpose of the event is to encourage creativity, collaboration and innovation. No coding or technical knowledge is required; with critical thinkers, project managers and good presenters vital to a team’s success. All you need to attend is a passion for innovation. Innovation Day brings together and connects our talent from 25 offices across 14 countries. It also gives us another opportunity to remind employees that their contributions are highly valued. 🌎 #InnovationDay #Innovate

Happy A-level results day! If you've received your A-level results today and are unsure what steps to take next, Creditsafe may be able to help! Are you or someone you know interested in a career in tech? Reach out and let us know. We can help guide and advise you on how to get started in your first technology role! #Careers #ResultsDay

We're pleased to share that our recently launched Parent Network Group is proving very popular with our employees! With over 40 members already, we think it's important to give our working parents, those caring for children, or parents to be a community to be part of and a voice in the workplace. The employee resource group is aimed at raising awareness and encouraging discussions of all things that come with being a parent, from flexible working and sleepless nights to celebrating milestones. 👶 In a recent survey, our employees rated us 4.48 out of 5 for being a family friendly employer. Among the feedback submitted, one Creditsafer revealed "I believe Creditsafe has a very human approach when it comes to understanding how to support parents in the workplace." Another shared "I feel that Creditsafe is a very family friendly company to work for. As a parent with very limited childcare support now, being flexible for school drop off/pick ups is invaluable. I no longer get mum guilt for not being there for my child. It may feel small but just being able to drop my daughter off at school each morning means everything. I used to feel so guilty relying on others to do my parenting duties. Everyday was just so stressful trying to organise who was dropping her off and picking her up. Family life used to be so chaotic and stressful due to constantly rushing around. Now I feel like my family/work life is so much more balanced and I really do appreciate it." We are very proud of the positive feedback received, however we are continuously looking at ways in which we can improve and better support our working parents. ❤️ #ParentNetworkGroup #Community

The Creditsafe library is officially open! 📕    Over the next week our book swap scheme is launching in both our Cardiff and Dublin offices, to help like-minded book lovers come together to share and discover new books. It’s a great way for us to discover new reads and do a part in working towards a more sustainable future. The pop-up libraries also have a great selection of self development and learning titles to help us with our continuous learning.🦉   Thanks to everyone who has donated their pre-loved books so far. We hope you’ve also managed to pick up your next obsession in the process! Happy reading! 😎 #BookSwap #Sustainability #Reading

The first Creditsafe 5-A-Side Football match of the year kicked off last night. In a tightly fought match, a last second goal from the red team clinched the victory. But were reds the “winners”!? No… FOOTBALL is always the winner! 😎 #Football

Creditsafe recently had the pleasure of attending a fantastic Hays Women in Tech Connect Wales event. Shelley Moore Cert RP, Helen Morris, Fortesa Gashi and Aimee Flanigan all joined the conversation on what we can do as individuals to promote equality in all industries. Aimee shared "It was enlightening to hear about the diverse career paths and experiences of the other women attendees, which served as a reminder to empower girls from a young age to understand they have equal opportunities within the tech industry. Lovely to see so many women passionate about their careers in all the different areas Technology careers offer." Fortesa agreed "It was incredible to hear other women's experiences in tech, whether they were offering advice or validating our own journeys. The workshops were particularly insightful, opening our mind to how we may introduce tech to more women and end stereotypes in the tech industry." We are very much looking forward to attending the next event and continuing the conversation in a welcoming and supportive environment. ❤️ #WomeninTech #Events

Speed Interview Day, check! ✔️ Creditsafe were at Cardiff and Vale College recently for another brilliant FinTech Wales Speed Interview event, where newly qualified coders get the opportunity to connect with Welsh fintech employers.🤝 It was a pleasure for us to sit down and chat with the recent graduates, listening to their stories and sharing advice as they prepare to take the next steps in their careers. It's important for us to stay connected and support emerging tech talent in any ways we can. 💻 #CareersinTech #Recruitment

Another week, another new friendly face joins the Creditsafe team! Welcome Charlotte Trott who joins us as a Data Analytics Manager in the Data team. 🤗 Speaking about joining Creditsafe, Charlotte says "I’ve only been here for a couple of days but so far, everyone at Creditsafe seems really nice and friendly!" Outside of work, Charlotte says she's kept busy by her nearly 3 year old daughter who keeps her on her toes. Charlotte's hobbies include cooking, socialising and pub quizzes. This year she's also started gardening and is having a go at growing a veg patch. 🥕 🍅 Welcome Charlotte! #NewStarter #Welcome