BSidesSF 2026 - Your Load Balancer is Your New Perimeter: Attacks & Defenses at Scale (Arjun Sharma)

This talk features Arjun Sharma discussing the evolving role of load balancers in security architecture. He examines how modern attacks are increasingly directed at origin servers, effectively circumventing traditional perimeter defenses. The session explores strategies for enhancing load balancers, transforming them from mere traffic routers into robust, multi-layered security enforcement points, using insights from real-world production patterns.