Author • Speaker • Instructor

Liz Rice

Chief Open Source Officer

Liz Rice is Chief Open Source Officer with eBPF pioneers Isovalent, creators of the Cilium project, and now part of Cisco. which provides cloud native networking, observability and security. She is an award-winning speaker, and the author of O'Reilly books on "Container Security" and "Learning eBPF". She has held many roles with the CNCF, including as a governing board member, chair of the Technical Oversight Committee, and Co-Chair of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. When not writing code, or talking about it, Liz loves riding bikes in places with better weather than her native London, and making music under the pseudonym Insider Nine.

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Isovalent eBee Quest Paris

Rejoignez Liz Rice et Raymond de Jong pour des ateliers pratiques autour du cloud native, obtenez des badges LinkedIn et échangez avec la communauté autour d’une collation. Au programme également : une séance de dédicace du livre What Is eBPF? avec Liz Rice !

  • Raymond de Jong, Field CTO

  • Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer

eBPF Explained

Discover how eBPF is transforming modern cloud native infrastructure with this clear, accessible overview of the technology that has revolutionized networking, observability, security, profiling and more.

  • Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer

Isovalent eBee Quest London

Our Isovalent eBee Quest is coming to London! Join us for a hands-on lab experience guided by our experts. Enjoy some good food, great conversations & level up your cloud-native expertise!

  • Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer

  • Dean Lewis, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

In Conversation: Liz Rice and Andy Martin on Container Security

Dynamic conversation on practical container security strategies, new threats and tools, and the evolving landscape of cloud native application protection.

  • Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer

  • Andrew Martin, Founder and CEO at ControlPlane

Community Built! Results from eBPF Summit: Hackathon Edition 2025

This year, instead of the traditional eBPF Summit, we tried something different: a global community hackathon, open to everyone, with one simple goal - build something with eBPF, Cilium, Tetragon, or Hubble. And guess what? Magic happened 🪄

  • Donia Chaiehloudj, Software Engineer and Community

  • Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer

☕ Isovalent Coffee Corner at KubeCon Atlanta

Heading to KubeCon Atlanta?


Join us for a coffee meetup where Kubernetes, Cilium, and eBPF come together over a great cup of coffee!

This is your chance to connect with Liz Rice or Duffie Cooley and bring your questions, dive into live discussions, or explore walkthroughs that could help you in your own environment. You can also just sit back, listen in, and get a glimpse into all things Isovalent, all in a relaxed, interactive setting just steps from the conference.

Whether you’re looking for certain answers, to share insights, or just chat about what’s brewing in the world of eBPF, pull up a chair and join the conversation.

🚀 Grab a cup, bring your questions, and let’s talk Cilium, Kubernetes, and eBPF!

  • Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer

  • Duffie Cooley, Field CTO Isovalent & CNCF Ambassador

eBPF Summit 2025: This Year, it’s a Hackathon!

This year for eBPF Summit 2025 we’re doing something a little different. Instead of the usual lineup of talks and keynotes, we'll be hosting a Hackathon, and we want to see you get creative!

  • Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer

  • Duffie Cooley, Field CTO Isovalent & CNCF Ambassador

The Isovalent Enterprise Load Balancer: Fireside Chat

Discover how a modern approach to load balancing can transform your infrastructure strategy.

Watch this special conversation with Thomas Graf, co-founder and CTO at Isovalent & VP of Security at Cisco, and Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer at Isovalent, as they introduce the upcoming Isovalent Enterprise Load Balancer: a next-generation solution purpose-built for the datacenter, cloud, and Kubernetes environments.

  • Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security

  • Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer

eBPF: Yes, it's Turing Complete!

We show that eBPF is Turing complete, which means it can be used for any computable problem

  • Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer

  • John Fastabend, Tetragon Project Lead, Software Engineer

ControlPlane & Isovalent Fireside Chat: Cloud Native Security & Compliance

Join ControlPlane’s CEO Andrew Martin and Isovalent’s Chief Open Source Officer Liz Rice for a fireside chat where they demystify Cloud Native Security and Kubernetes Compliance. Optimizing performance and scalability, translating mandatory compliance controls into tangible technical controls, the relationship of threat modeling to compliance and more.

  • Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer

  • Jeremy Colvin, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

  • Andrew Martin, Founder and CEO at ControlPlane

All About The New CNCF Cilium Certified Associate (CCA) Certification!

All About The New CNCF Cilium Certified Associate (CCA) Certification!

  • Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer

  • Nico Vibert, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer

Cilium Graduates at the CNCF

Cilium Graduates at the CNCF, it is the first CNI plugin to reach that status.

  • Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer