Juan Saavedra
Vice President, Technology, Octobot

Juan Saavedra is the cofounder and vice president of technology at Octobot, where he oversees technical proposal and execution of outstanding digital products for several verticals, both at home and abroad. With a degree in software engineering, he used to enjoy his spare time being an instructor in computer architecture and networks, where he went too much full stack. He’s the father of one and a football (soccer) fan, and he rarely thinks a beer has too much hops.

Sessions

1:15pm–2:05pm Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Location: Beekman Parlor

A journey for security in a multifactor auth system for a whole nation

Data & Security

Secondary topics: Best Practice, Case Study, Overview

Juan Saavedra (Octobot)

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As a leading eGov country, the Uruguayan government decided to build its own world-class multifactor auth service for its citizens. Juan Saavedra shares how a journey focused on improving security ultimately impacted development practices and architecture and how it relates to improvements in usability and reliability in the context of a RESTful web application. Read more.