TechNet Cyber 2026

George Nalen
Manager, Automation and Engineering
Tyto Athene


George Nalen is a long-time technologist and automation advocate with over two decades of experience across the IT spectrum. From early days in tech support and Linux administration to leading teams and designing enterprise automation strategies, he has seen firsthand how complex—and often manual—compliance processes can become. Since 2019, George has led the Ansible Lockdown project, focusing on turning compliance into something repeatable, scalable, and actually usable by engineering teams. His work centers on using off-the-shelf tools like Ansible to bring security and operations closer together without adding unnecessary complexity.

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