Dan Peachy, a Senior Network Automation Engineer at Adyen, and Vlad Skuba, a Product Manager with a telecommunications background, dive into Adyen's groundbreaking firewall automation project. They discuss the shift from simple bash scripting to a self-service model, emphasizing speed and security in payment processing. The challenges of managing firewall policies in busy environments are analyzed, alongside the importance of building an automation team. Additionally, they share insights on creating an accessible self-service portal for developers and harnessing Ansible for network configurations.
