Webinar: The Dependency Cooldown Won. Enforcement Didn't. by Techstrong Learning

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The Dependency Cooldown Won. Enforcement Didn't.

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Key Takeaways:
1. Centralised control over client settings: Learn why relying on client-side provisioning fails at scale, and how to enforce universal release cooldowns at the infrastructure level across every ecosystem and client.
2. Frictionless CI/CD integration: Discover practical patterns for implementing package-age security policies smoothly, eliminating supply chain risk without creating build bottlenecks or disrupting developer velocity.
3. Audit-ready compliance automation: Master the decision-logging required to track exact package entry times, giving you the immediate evidence needed to meet 72-hour reporting mandates under CRA Article 14.

When

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 · 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (US & Canada) (GMT -4:00)

Presenters

Jared Harris

Webinar Host

Thijs Feryn

Tech Evangelist - Varnish

Thijs Feryn is the Technical Evangelist at Varnish, the company behind the Varnish Cache open-source caching technology.

His mission is to bridge the gap between code and infrastructure, with a strong focus on web performance, software scalability, and content delivery. He shares technical and content-driven messaging across presentations, videos, books, blog posts, podcasts, and social media.

Mitch Ashley

VP & Practice Lead, Software Lifecycle Engineering - The Futurum Group

Mitch Ashley is Vice President and Practice Lead, Software Lifecycle Engineering for The Futurum Group. Mitch has over 30+ years of experience as an entrepreneur, industry analyst, product development and IT leader, with expertise in software engineering, cybersecurity, DevOps, DevSecOps, cloud, and AI. Mitch comes to The Futurum Group through the acquisition of Techstrong Group (devops.com, securityboulevard.com, and techstrong.tv), where he serves as CTO and founder of Techstrong Research.

Tom Hollingsworth

Event Lead - Tech Field Day

Tom Hollingsworth, is an event lead for the Tech Field Day events series. He also writes about networking and related technolgies on his blog. With over 18 years of experience in the IT field, Tom has covered the breadth of technology from desktop deployment to data center installation. He brings his unique perspective to his writing both on his blog and at Network Computing. Tom can also be found prognosticating and commenting about technology from his Twitter account.