r2c’s Clint Gibler: How To Succeed in AppSec at Scale

Clint Gibler is the Head of Security Research for r2c, the company behind SEMGREP, a popular open-source static analysis security scanning tool used by teams all over the world. He joined r2c to help build and shape the future of AppSec; one that includes secure defaults along with lightweight enforcement of those defaults. In today's episode, Clint talks about SEMGREP, operationalization of tools for security teams, intersection between AppSec and D&R as well as tips to succeed in AppSec at scale.   More topics discussed in this episode: SEMGREP's origin story and benefits. The security startup creation pattern of recent years. Trend shift to developers operating security problems at scale. r2c's mission and products in addition to open source. How application logs are useful in detection and response. Type of vulnerabilities Clint is seeing more often. Application security developments he is most excited about. Other resources: tl;dr Sec Newsletter: tldrsec.com