Cybersecurity Essentials for Engineers

A half-day hybrid workshop on the security fundamentals every backend engineer should know — authn, authz, secrets, supply chain.

  • Date: 2026-11-10, 14:00–18:00 (Africa/Addis_Ababa)
  • Format: hybrid
  • Location: INFNOVA Hub — Bole, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Category: Workshop
  • Organizer: INFNOVA Academy

Curriculum

  • AuthN/AuthZ patterns: Sessions vs tokens, refresh flows, role + permission models.
  • Secrets handling: Where secrets go, where they leak, and how to detect both.
  • Supply chain hygiene: Pinning, lockfiles, audit tooling, signed releases.

Key takeaways

  • A personal security checklist
  • A reviewed sample app

Speakers

  • Daniel Bekele, Security Engineer