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Ben Bridts @benbridts.be · 22/09/2026

It's official: I will be speaking at this year's re:Invent conference! Come to COM402 to learn how to use IAM Roles Anywhere, leverage (existing or new) PKI, and get rid of some long-lived credentials registration.awsevents.com/flow/awseven...

Screenshot from the AWS re:Invent Catalog showing the Breakout Session given by Ben Bridts.

It shows:

Session type: Breakout session
Title: Practical PKI for On-Prem Devices with IAM Roles Anywhere (COM402)
Level: 400 - Expert
Abstract:
Secure authentication of your humans and machines is a challenge every organization faces, especially if your proof of identity is not already in AWS. In this session, we'll talk you through multiple ways to set up or use PKI - such as Belgium's eID or a hardware key - to securely access AWS with phishing resistant authentication built using IAM Roles Anywhere. This will include live demos and code samples. By the end of the session we will stop worrying about plain text credential storage because we can use trusted hardware instead.

Features: Community-led, Lecture-style
Date: Wednesday, Dec 2 | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PST
Speaker: Ben Bridts, Principal AWS Technologist, Cloudar
Venue: Wynn/Encore

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Ben Bridts @benbridts.be · 21/05/2026

Next week (May 27) I'll be in Amsterdam to give a talk at the AWS Summit. I'll be presenting "That's allowed? Using IAM Roles Anywhere without AWS Private CA" in the Community Developer Zone at 11:30. Before and after you can find me at the Cloudar booth (G11). Looking forward to see people there!