Myles Agnew
Cybersecurity and Cloud Specialist
Most dev teams aren't choosing speed over security on purpose. It just happens. Deadlines pile up, pipelines get complicated, and security becomes something you deal with later. Except later never comes, and then something breaks. Myles Agnew's session, Secure by Default, is built for people who live in that tension. It's not a talk about what you should be doing in an ideal world. It's about what's actually going wrong in real pipelines, right now, and how to get ahead of it.
What you'll come away with
A clearer picture of where teams get caught out: hardcoded secrets, bloated IAM permissions, config drift that nobody noticed until it mattered. An honest look at why "it worked in dev" is one of the most dangerous phrases in engineering, especially now that AI-generated code is shipping faster than anyone's reviewing it. Real examples of how small, avoidable mistakes turned into serious incidents and what those incidents reveal about gaps that most teams share. You'll also get a practical framework for weaving security into delivery without slowing it down: automated checks, continuous monitoring, and a recovery mindset that treats failure as something to design for rather than hide from.
Biography
Myles Agnew is a cybersecurity and cloud security specialist with over 16 years of experience designing secure, high-velocity cloud native environments. He has held senior roles across government, consulting, and enterprise.Myles is an expert in containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), secure DevOps, SIEM/SOAR, and resilient cloud architectures. He champions “secure by default” pipelines, helping organisations embed robust security without slowing innovation.At Sun Con QLD, Myles will deliver practical, actionable guidance for teams looking to build confidence and reduce risk in fast-moving cloud-native deployments.