State of (Absolute) AppSec

Presented at CactusCon 11 (2023), Jan. 28, 2023, 10 p.m. (60 minutes).

Join Seth (@sethlaw) and Ken (@cktricky), hosts of the Absolute AppSec Podcast, as they host a panel discussion and live podcast episode that breaks down the state of application security on 2023 (!), web3, breaches, and other security issues with a series of hot takes, banter, and possibly some crocs and SOCs.

Presenters:

  • @sethlaw - Principal Consultant, Redpoint Security
    Seth Law is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Redpoint Security (redpointsecurity.com). During the last 15 years, Seth has worked within multiple security disciplines, including application development, cloud architecture, and network protection, both as a manager and individual contributor. Seth has honed his security skills using offensive and defensive techniques, including tool development and security research. His understanding of the software development lifecycle and ability to equate security issues to development tasks has allowed him to speak at conferences ranging from Blackhat and DEF CON to local security meetups. In his spare time, Seth revels in deep-level analysis of programming languages and inherent flaws, develops the iOS version of HackerTracker, and co-hosts the Absolute AppSec podcast with Ken Johnson.
  • @cktricky - Director of Offense, Product Security Engineering - GitHub
    Ken Johnson, has been hacking web applications professionally for 14 years and given security training for 11 of those years. Ken is both a breaker and builder and currently works as a Director within GitHub’s Product Security Engineering team. Previously, Ken has spoken at RSA, You Sh0t the Sheriff, Insomnihack, CERN, DerbyCon, AppSec USA, AppSec DC, AppSec California, DevOpsDays DC, LASCON, RubyNation, and numerous Ruby, OWASP, and AWS events about appsec, devops security, and AWS security. Ken’s current passion project is the Absolute AppSec podcast with Seth Law.

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