Keynote
SUSECON 2026
Technology Advocate & Cloud Native Speaker
Jeroen
van Erp
Sharing practical, opinionated insights on Kubernetes, cloud-native security, and open source — at conferences, meetups, and podcasts worldwide. Currently Technology Advocate at SUSE.
Netherlands Dutch · English
12
Talks
12
Events
1
Keynotes
@ SUSE
Speaking
Recent Talks
Conference
KubeCon EU 2026
Cloud-Native Hardening Beyond Defaults: Secure Hosting for Mission-Critical Workloads
Meetup
Cloud Native London
Stop Running Mystery Meat in Production
About
Who Am I?
I'm a Technology Advocate at SUSE, helping developers and platform engineers build open, portable, and resilient infrastructure. With a background spanning engineering, architecture, and product management, I work at the intersection of cloud native technology and open-source community.
I believe the best infrastructure is the kind you actually understand and control — and I try to bring that conviction to every talk, workshop, and conversation.
Topics I cover
Kubernetes Cloud Native Security Supply Chain Security Virtualization & Containers Open Source Platform Engineering Rancher GitOps Developer Experience
Currently at
S
SUSE
The world's largest independent open source company
Open Source
Notable Projects
smbj
SMB2 / SMB3 implementation for Java. Enables Java applications to read and write Windows file shares and work with Active Directory.
Java Apache 2.0
sshj
SSHv2 library for Java — clean, modern, and comprehensive. The go-to library for programmatic SSH access from the JVM.
Java Apache 2.0
Writing
Latest Writing
Blog
Hello, World — Why I'm Starting to Write Here
After years of writing for other publications, I'm starting a blog of my own. Here's what I plan to cover and why having a home base matters.
meta cloud-native open-source platform-engineering
Article
Cloud Native Now
Software Supply Chain Security: Why 99% of Your Container is Mystery Code
A single container base image introduces thousands of vulnerabilities and unknown binaries alongside your actual business logic. Why securing software supply chains requires provenance, attestation, and SBOMs — not just vulnerability scanning.
supply-chain-security containers sbom security
Article
The New Stack
Speed Plus Safety: Ending the Dev vs. Platform Engineer Clash
The tension between developer velocity and platform reliability doesn't have to be a zero-sum game. An argument for how platform teams and developers can align around shared goals without sacrificing speed or safety.
platform-engineering developer-experience kubernetes devops
Article
SUSE Rancher Blog
Ending the IngressNightmare: How SUSE Secures Your Kubernetes Clusters from External and Internal Threats
A deep dive into the critical IngressNightmare vulnerabilities affecting ingress-nginx controllers and how SUSE's layered security ecosystem — NeuVector, KubeWarden, and Application Collection — mitigates both external and internal cluster threats.
kubernetes security ingress suse
Article
SUSE Blog
SUSE Revolutionizes Observability for CNCF Projects: A Case Study on the Longhorn Project
How SUSE Observability (formerly StackState) helped the Longhorn project rapidly identify orphaned Kubernetes services through automated discovery and topology mapping — a case study in what enhanced observability can catch that manual review misses.
observability longhorn cncf kubernetes
Speaking Enquiries
Want a compelling talk
at your event?
I speak on Kubernetes, cloud-native security, containers, and open source. Cloud Native Foundation events, CNCF-adjacent meetups, and tech conferences — get in touch and let's make it happen.
Netherlands Dutch · English