Security Done Right: Ben Gittins on the Case for Generalists and Long-Term Solutions

SummaryBen Gittins is the Principal Security Engineer at Bugcrowd, one of the world's best bug bounty platforms. Ben has previously worked as a Senior DevSecOps Engineer at Canva, as well as DevSecOps Lead at SecureStack. In this conversation with Cole Cornford, Ben shares his belief that cybersecurity needs more generalists, how coding and AppSec have changed over time, whether cybersecurity qualifications are overrated, and plenty more.Timestamps3:50 - Why is Aus cybersecurity lagging behind? 9:50 - Over-reliance on purchasing cybersecurity products 14:40 - We ask too much of our AppSec professionals 19:00 - How App development & cybersecurity have changed over time 24:00 - "Greenfield projects" are often not realistic 28:20 - How to bring new people into the AppSec industry 32:00 - Importance of communication skills 38:20 - Cybersecurity qualifications are overrated43:00 - Rapid fire questions  Mentioned in this episode:Call for FeedbackThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrpSpotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/