USENIX Courses

The Cornerstone for Cybersecurity - Cryptographic Standards

Introduction to NIST cryptographic standards, their applications in cybersecurity, and future challenges including quantum threats, transitions, and lightweight cryptography for constrained devices.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Why You Should Burn Down Your Datacenter

Explore datacenter optimization challenges, integrating infrastructure management with power, space, and cooling systems. Learn about industrial controls and their limitations in this thought-provoking talk.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Can Infrastructure as Code Apply to Bare Metal?

Explore applying Infrastructure as Code principles to bare metal environments, addressing challenges and showcasing proven techniques for secure and resilient physical infrastructure automation.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Lessons Learned from a Ransomware Attack

Comprehensive analysis of a real-world ransomware attack on a school district, covering timeline, damage, recovery, and preventive measures for future cybersecurity preparedness.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Beyond Firefighter vs. Safety Matches - Growing the DevSecOps Pipeline

Explore strategies for balancing specialization and generalization in DevSecOps talent development, addressing challenges in modern systems development, operations, and security.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Computing Performance - On the Horizon

Explore future computing performance trends in processors, memory, storage, networking, and cloud technologies, with insights on emerging innovations and their potential impact.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Kind Engineering - How to Engineer Kindness

Explore practical strategies for fostering kindness in software engineering, covering code reviews, psychological safety, feedback, and workplace honesty to create happier teams and companies.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

The Remote Working Security Conundrum - What Is Reasonably Secure Anyway?

Explore challenges and solutions for securing remote work environments, from physical security to application layer, with focus on novel technologies and practical approaches.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

It's Time to Debloat the Cloud with Unikraft

Explore Unikraft, an open-source project for creating efficient cloud images tailored to specific applications, offering improved performance and reduced resource consumption compared to traditional cloud instances.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Disorganizing Your SRE Organization

Insights on reorganizing SRE practices for remote work, focusing on democratizing responsibility, empowering autonomy, and implementing declarative workflows to adapt to new challenges.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

DNA Data Storage and Near-Molecule Processing for the Yottabyte Era

Explore DNA data storage and near-molecule processing for the yottabyte era, including encoding, decoding, random access, and potential for hybrid electronic/molecular computing systems.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

FAST '21 Work-in-Progress Reports

Explore cutting-edge research in storage systems through short presentations on topics like persistent memory, I/O optimization, transaction handling, and data privacy in analytics.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Off the Beaten Path - Moving Observability Focus from Your Service to Your Customer

Exploring customer-centric observability beyond traditional metrics, emphasizing direct engagement, user experience capture, and rethinking performance to enhance SRE practices and improve overall service quality.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Jupyter as Incident Response Tool

Explore using Jupyter for incident response in SRE, showcasing its dynamic exploration and result-sharing capabilities through a simulated cache slowdown scenario and post-incident best practices.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Are We Getting Better Yet? - Progress Toward Safer Operations

Exploring progress in safer operations, this talk delves into effective incident analysis, organizational learning, and strategic investments for improved reliability and team well-being.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk