Sean Edwards is a Senior Solutions Architect at Verizon, where he focuses on IAM strategy and API-first architectures. With over two decades of experience spanning software engineering, security, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure, Sean brings a uniquely operational perspective to security.
Prior to Verizon, Sean served as Head of Devops, and later Head of Information Security at Appcues, where he built the company's security program from the ground up, guiding the organization through its first SOC 2 Type I and Type II audits and establishing the unified authentication and audit logging framework used across the Appcues platform. Sean is also the creator of THE INTERNET IS SCARY, a security education initiative dedicated to helping everyday users protect themselves online through practical, actionable guidance.
Sean is speaking as an independent practitioner, and his views in no way represent the views of any current or former employers
Prior to Verizon, Sean served as Head of Devops, and later Head of Information Security at Appcues, where he built the company's security program from the ground up, guiding the organization through its first SOC 2 Type I and Type II audits and establishing the unified authentication and audit logging framework used across the Appcues platform. Sean is also the creator of THE INTERNET IS SCARY, a security education initiative dedicated to helping everyday users protect themselves online through practical, actionable guidance.
Sean is speaking as an independent practitioner, and his views in no way represent the views of any current or former employers
Information Forklifts: An Introduction to AI Agents, Their Capabilities, and What Security Teams Need to Know
AI-assisted development is already in your environment. Claude Code, Anthropic's agentic coding tool, and others like it, are changing how developers write, review, and ship software. These tools enable AI to operate directly in the terminal, read codebases, execute commands, and take multi-step action with minimal human intervention. For security professionals and developers alike, understanding how this technology works is no longer optional.
This session provides a practical, ground-level introduction to Claude Code: what it is, how it functions, and what it's capable of. Whether you're a developer curious about what Claude Code can do for you, or a security professional trying to stay ahead of how your teams are already using it, this session will leave you with a clear-eyed understanding of the risk — and the opportunity.
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AI-assisted development is already in your environment. Claude Code, Anthropic's agentic coding tool, and others like it, are changing how developers write, review, and ship software. These tools enable AI to operate directly in the terminal, read codebases, execute commands, and take multi-step action with minimal human intervention. For security professionals and developers alike, understanding how this technology works is no longer optional.
This session provides a practical, ground-level introduction to Claude Code: what it is, how it functions, and what it's capable of. Whether you're a developer curious about what Claude Code can do for you, or a security professional trying to stay ahead of how your teams are already using it, this session will leave you with a clear-eyed understanding of the risk — and the opportunity.
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