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EPISODE · Apr 17, 2025 · 49 MIN

Easy Application Security with Laura Bell Main

from Cyber Pulse · host National Cryptologic Foundation

Welcome to Cyber Pulse episode 9! Our guest this episode is Laura Bell Main, a global leader in developing secure software, and experienced keynote and conference speaker, presenting at BlackHat USA, RenderATL, and leading international software development and cyber security conferences. With over twenty years of experience in software development and cyber security, she is the co-author of "Agile Application Security" (O’Reilly Media)  and "Security for Everyone" (Holloway). Her work has been featured in many international publications, including  WIRED and MIT Tech Review. As the CEO of SafeStack, a leading secure development education platform, she helps software development leaders worldwide engage their entire team in building secure software.In this episode we talk about how Laura Bell Main got started in AppSec, the beautiful chaos of software, the biggest challenge in app sec, balancing security with the need for rapid software development, the most common security mistakes developers make, helping engineering teams understand the risks they pose, practical ways organizations can improve their secure development practices, one security principle every developer should follow, emerging trends in AppSec, and the skills the next generation of security professionals should be focusing on.In our news Pulse, DaVita, a major U.S. kidney dialysis provider, has confirmed a ransomware attack that hit parts of its network over the weekend, potentially disrupting operations.Never miss an episode by signing up for our podcast newsletter at: https://cryptologicfoundation.org/community/cyberpulse-subscribe.htmlSend us your questions and episode suggestions at: https://cryptologicfoundation.org/community/cyberpulse-questions-suggestions.html

Welcome to Cyber Pulse episode 9! Our guest this episode is Laura Bell Main, a global leader in developing secure software, and experienced keynote and conference speaker, presenting at BlackHat USA, RenderATL, and leading international software development and cyber security conferences. With over twenty years of experience in software development and cyber security, she is the co-author of "Agile Application Security" (O’Reilly Media)  and "Security for Everyone" (Holloway). Her work has been featured in many international publications, including  WIRED and MIT Tech Review. As the CEO of SafeStack, a leading secure development education platform, she helps software development leaders worldwide engage their entire team in building secure software.In this episode we talk about how Laura Bell Main got started in AppSec, the beautiful chaos of software, the biggest challenge in app sec, balancing security with the need for rapid software development, the most common security mistakes developers make, helping engineering teams understand the risks they pose, practical ways organizations can improve their secure development practices, one security principle every developer should follow, emerging trends in AppSec, and the skills the next generation of security professionals should be focusing on.In our news Pulse, DaVita, a major U.S. kidney dialysis provider, has confirmed a ransomware attack that hit parts of its network over the weekend, potentially disrupting operations.Never miss an episode by signing up for our podcast newsletter at: https://cryptologicfoundation.org/community/cyberpulse-subscribe.htmlSend us your questions and episode suggestions at: https://cryptologicfoundation.org/community/cyberpulse-questions-suggestions.html

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