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Tuesday, March 31st
9 am ET
If audits still feel like fire drills…
If developers see compliance as friction…
If leadership is stuck mediating between velocity and oversight…
You’re living the compliance paradox.
The Reality
Most organizations treat compliance as a periodic exercise. That design decision slows delivery and still fails under audit pressure.
This Is a Design Conversation
This roundtable explores how modern teams embed policy-as-code, automation, and AI directly into delivery workflows so compliance becomes continuous instead of reactive.
Not theory.
Not surface-level controls.
System-level accountability that scales with modern delivery.
What This Is Not
Not a vendor demo.
Not a compliance checklist.
Not governance theater.
This is an operator-level discussion about tradeoffs, architecture decisions, and designing compliance as a capability instead of a bottleneck.
Practical Clarity You Can Use Immediately
After this session, you’ll be better equipped to:
• Identify where compliance should slow things down — and where it shouldn’t
• Avoid false confidence created by automation alone
• Shift from audit-time reporting to continuous visibility
• Align engineering, security, and compliance around outcomes instead of friction
• Make smarter tradeoffs between speed, safety, and sustainability
Because the design choice you make today shows up in every release and every audit.
This Session Is Designed For
Engineering and platform leaders responsible for delivery velocity.
Security and compliance leaders accountable for regulatory outcomes.
Technology executives balancing speed, risk, and oversight in regulated environments.
If you own delivery, risk, or both — this conversation is directly relevant.
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Hilary Johnson
Sr. Industry Marketing Strategist - OpenText

Keith Nelson
Sr. Industry Marketing Strategist - OpenText
more than 20 years working in the fields of public sector consulting and high-tech
marketing and as a government appointee. His roles in government include serving as
Assistant Secretary for Administration (a position requiring Senate confirmation), Acting
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, Acting Chief Financial Officer, and
Deputy Chief Information Officer at the U.S. Departments of Transportation, Labor and
Housing and Urban Development.

Alan Shimel
Founder and CEO, Techstrong Group
Alan is founder, CEO & editor-in-chief of Techstrong Group, the company behind DevOps.com, Container Journal, Security Boulevard and Digital Anarchist, as well as co-founder of the DevOps Institute. As such, he is attuned to the world of technology, particularly cloud, DevOps, security and open source. With almost 30 years of entrepreneurial experience, Alan has been instrumental in the success of several organizations. He is an often-cited personality in the security and technology community and is a sought-after speaker at industry and government conferences and events. In addition to his writing, his DevOps Chats podcast, DevOps TV and Digital Anarchist audio and videos are widely followed. Alan attributes his success to a combination of a strong business background and a deep knowledge of technology. His legal background, long experience in the field and New York street smarts combine to form a unique personality. He is a graduate of St. John's University with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Politics, and holds a JD degree from NY Law School.