Jeevan Singh -- The Future of Application Security Engineers

Jeevan Singh, the director of product security at Twilio, discusses the future of application security engineers. Singh highlights the importance of embedding security into all aspects of software development and the need for a strong security culture within organizations. He also explains the skills required for a senior application security engineer, such as application security, software development, and teaching skills. Singh underscores the importance of empathy and influence, emphasizing that soft skills can significantly affect adequate application security. He also discusses the impact of AI, particularly OpenAI's GPT, in supporting the work of security engineers by providing valuable insights and information. Singh concludes by urging application security engineers to broaden their skills, particularly in software development, to ensure they can effectively handle the industry's evolving demands.Connect with Jeevan Singh:→ Twilio→ ChatGPTMentioned in this episode:→ Twilio→ ChatGPTFollow the Application Security Podcast:➜ Home➜ X➜ LinkedIn➜ YouTube➜ Instagram➜ FacebookChapters:00:00 Meet Jeevan Singh: The Future of Application Security Engineers03:25 Would you describe the future of application security engineer07:18 Yeah, I feel like there's, I mean, maybe 5,000 AppSec engineers10:24 Hmm. Yeah. And you're talking to, to two owas lifetime members12:43 Of those three, you know, so AppSec skills, software development skills17:16 About the teaching skills21:01 You tell stories about, you know, things you've done in, in23:17 Yeah. Yeah. And I like, I like the, the, where you25:03 I like that. I'm gonna use that going forward. That multiplier32:38 Does it scale35:26 Does that play, uh, in, so you talked sort of around39:23 We just got a, there's a, there's a mini episode included43:59 I've been thinking about this quite a bit, lately, as far