Alexander Klepal - Virtualization Automation with Ansible

Title: Virtualization Automation with Ansible Presenter: Alexander Klepal (@BillGatesSATX) Track: In The Clouds 04 Time: 1400 BSides San Antonio 2019 June 08 at St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas Abstract: Are you an ESXi pro? You’ll learn some new tricks! Never launched a VM before? We got you covered! This talk gives an overview into cyber ranges, virtualization, and Ansible’s VMware toolkit. Whether you want to build a pentesting range or deploy a classroom lab, this talk will make your range building a breeze. Sit back, relax, and let automation do the heavy lifting for you. Please, DO try this at home! Speaker Bio: This talk will be given by Alexander Klepal, a recent graduate of The University of Texas at San Antonio, (BBA in Cybersecurity) currently working as a cybersecurity researcher and developer as a federal contractor. As a formally nationally ranked “Penetration Tester” (2nd in CIAS Cyber Panoply Fall 2016), regionally ranked CCDC Competitor (2nd at SWCCDC Spring 2017), his hobbies include study of cybersecurity, leisurely playing video games, and puns. Lots of puns. “It’s my mission in life to take the technology we all use every day and make them safer and more accessible to everyone, even if I have to pop a few boxes to do it!”