Arshan Dabirsiaghi -- Security Startups, AI Influencing AppSec, and Pixee/Codemodder.io

Arshan Dabirsiaghi of Pixee joins Robert and Chris to discuss startups, AI in appsec, and Pixee's Codemodder. io. This leads to a lengthy and convoluted process for fixing security issues, a problem that Arshan and his team have been working to address through their open-source tool, Codemodder. Arshan's journey from co founding Contrast with Jeff Williams to his current endeavors is filled with invaluable insights and lessons that have shaped the cybersecurity landscape. This is Chris Romeo. I am the CEO of Devici and also a general partner at Kerr Ventures, joined as always by my partner in crime, even though we don't do any crime, but my partner in crime, Robert Hurlbut.Connect with Arshan Dabirsiaghi:→ Arshan Dabirsiaghi→ PixeeMentioned in this episode:→ Pixee→ Pixee's Codemodder.io→ Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, Vol. 2→ Aleph One's "Smashing The Stack for Fun and Profit"→ Tim Newsham's "Format String Attacks"→ Matt Conover's "w00w00 on Heap Overflows"→ Jeremiah Grossman→ Justin Rosenstein's original codemod on GitHub→ Contrast Security→ Arshan Dabirsiaghi→ Semgrep→ GitHub Copilot→ Stack Overflow→ Fortify (OpenText)→ Aquia→ FindBugsFollow the Application Security Podcast:➜ Home➜ X➜ LinkedIn➜ YouTube➜ Instagram➜ FacebookChapters:00:00 Meet Arshan Dabirsiaghi: Security Startups, AI Influencing AppSec, and Pixee/Codemodder.io04:23 Yeah, that's definitely is a seminal work. That, uh, doesn't get06:48 Uh, Arshan, you mentioned, uh, uh, some of the things that09:17 You work with those guys at Aspect13:53 Yeah, 100%. And, like, my, the, the practice that I've adopted16:39 Yeah. Cause I mean, in the startup world, you're going to25:31 Yeah. And my conclusion so far, when it comes to generative29:25 Yeah, it makes me think of the, of the The previous35:31 Mean, we have to approach the, the world of technology as37:01 Arshan, you mentioned your company, Pixee, and some of the things45:43 This is a framework that others can contribute to, given that47:58 What's the, what's kind of the check and balance, I guess51:24 Yeah, so we have three questions. Uh, so first one is53:09 Makes sense. What would it say if you could display a54:36 Last question. What's your top book recommendation and why do you