What do Swiss cheese, secure software delivery, and regulated financial environments have in common? More than you think.

In this fun-yet-serious session, Mark Cheret, Principal Platform Engineer at Neon and a security officer in the Swiss fintech sector, reveals how banking secrecy meets DevOps in an environment where speed and compliance must coexist.

Expect sharp insights into:

• Applying the Swiss Cheese Model to real-world SDLC challenges

• Managing vulnerabilities without clogging your delivery pipeline

• Taming compliance requirements through GitOps, automation, and layered defenses

• Concrete tips and tools you can apply whether you’re in finance, health tech, or just like your pipelines mature and your software mold-free.

Bring your appetite for risk—and mitigation.

This talk blends operational wisdom with a touch of absurdity and lots of war stories from shipping secure software under pressure.