The Application Security Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Join hosts Chris Romeo and Robert Hurlbut on the Application Security Podcast as they welcome back Steve Wilson, author of 'The Developer's Playbook for Large Language Model Security.' In this episode, they dive into critical topics such as AI hallucinations, trust, and the future of AI. Steve shares insights from his book, discusses the biggest fears surrounding AI and LLMs. He also provides practical advice on security boundaries, LLM-specific security testing tools, and the evolving landscape of AI technologies. 

Links:
The Developer’s Playbook for Large Language Model Security by Steve Wilson

Find Steve on LinkedIn

Previous Episodes:
Steve Wilson -- OWASP Top Ten for LLMs
Steve Wilson and Gavin Klondike -- OWASP Top Ten for LLM Applications Release

Two people Steve recommends you look up:
Chris Voss, Former FBI Negotiator and author of “Never Split the Difference”

Arshan Dabirsiaghi

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Join us in this week’s episode of the Application Security Podcast where we sit down with Jeff Williams, a renowned pioneer in the field of application security. Jeff discusses ADR (Application Detection and Response), detailing its potential to revolutionize security in production environments. Listen as he shares stories from his career, including the founding of OWASP and his take on security assurance. Whether you're new to AppSec or a seasoned expert, this conversation offers valuable perspectives on the industry's evolution and the challenges ahead.

Where to find Jeff:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/planetlevel/ 

Previous Episodes:
Jeff Williams – The Tech of Runtime Security

Jeff Williams – The History of OWASP

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In this episode of the Application Security Podcast, hosts Chris Romeo and Robert Hurlbut welcome Matt Rose, an experienced technical AppSec testing leader. Matt discusses his career journey and significant contributions in AppSec. The conversation delves into the nuances of software supply chain security, exploring how different perceptions affect its understanding. Matt provides insights into the XZ compromise, critiques the buzzword 'shift left,' and discusses the role of digital twins and AI in enhancing the supply chain security. He emphasizes the need for a comprehensive approach beyond SCA, the relevance of threat modeling, and the potential risks and benefits of AI in security. The discussion also touches on industry trends, the importance of understanding marketing terms, and the future directions of AppSec.

Mentioned in the episode:

The Application Security Program Handbook by Derek Fisher
https://www.manning.com/books/application-security-program-handbook

Podcast Episode: Derek Fisher – The Application Security Program Handbook
https://youtu.be/DgmlHgNT-UM

Authors mentioned:
Steven E. Ambrose  https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Stephen-E-Ambrose/1063454
Mark Frost  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Frost

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Kevin Greene is the Director of Security Solutions at Parasoft and has extensive experience and expertise in software security, cyber research and development, and DevOps. He leverages his knowledge to create meaningful solutions and technologies to improve software security practices. Kevin and I had a conversation to discuss software security from the past and into the future. We cover how to make security easier for developers, SBOM, software minimalism, cyber resiliency, and so much more! We hope you enjoy this conversation with...Kevin Greene.

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Jeevan Singh is a Security Engineer Manager at Segment, where he is embedding security into all aspects of the software development process. Jeevan enjoys building security culture within organizations and educating staff on security best practices. Before life in the security space, Jeevan had a wide variety of development and leadership roles over the past 15 years. Jeevan joins us to speak about self-serve threat modeling at Segment or threat modeling based in democracy. We discuss their focus with the program, how it fits in their dev methodology and their ultimate goal with the threat modeling program. We hope you enjoy this conversation with... Jeevan Singh.

Additional Resources:

• https://github.com/segmentio/threat-modeling-training
• https://segment.com/blog/redefining-threat-modeling/

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Dima Kotik is an Application Security Engineer at Security Journey and has been programming in Python for years. As he was working on building out Security Journey's Secure Coding with Python content, he came across the Zen of Python, a set of guidelines for how to program in Python. He wrote a blog post about how to apply application security to the Zen of Python, and then we recorded this interview to talk about the concept in more depth. We hope you enjoy this interview with....Dima Kotik.

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Before taking the plunge into information security leadership, Dustin Lehr spent over a decade as a software engineer and architect in a variety of industries, including retail, DoD, and even video games. This diverse background has helped him forge close partnerships with development teams, engineering leaders, and software security advocates while pursuing the organizational culture shift of building good security habits into daily work. Dustin joins us to talk about the challenges developers face with security and so much more. We hope you enjoy this conversation with...Dustin Lehr.

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Aaron Rinehart is expanding the possibilities of chaos engineering to cybersecurity. He began pioneering security in chaos engineering when he released ChaoSlingr during his tenure as Chief Security Architect at UnitedHealth Group (UHG). Rinehart is the O'Reilly Author on Security Chaos Engineering and has recently founded a chaos engineering startup called Verica with Casey Rosenthal from Netflix. Aaron joins us to explain what the heck security chaos engineering is. We explore the origin story of chaos engineering and security chaos engineering and how a listener starts with this new technique. We hope you enjoy this conversation with...Aaron Rinehart.

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In this episode of the Application Security Podcast, we're joined by friends Izar and Matt, authors of the book "Threat Modeling: A Practical Guide for Development Teams." Izar is currently the Squarespace Principal Security Engineer. He lives in NY, where he enjoys telling people who separate security from development to get off his lawn. Matt is currently a Product & Application Security Engineer at Dell Technologies. Matt lives in Massachusetts, is an avid gamer, and enjoys time with his family when not thinking or talking to others about security. We discuss why they wrote the book, what it covers, the target audience, and how to wield the information within to threat model all the things. Robert and I both love the book, and highly recommend it, and on this episode, you'll hear why.

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Charles is a Senior Security Consultant for Red Siege. He has over 18 years of experience in IT. In his spare time, Charles does retro gaming and works on the SECBSD open source project, a penetration testing distro. He currently works as Staff at several Security Conferences, podcasts (GrumpyHackers) (Positively Blue Team Cast), and is a part of the MentalHealthHackers DeadPixelSec NovaHackers and  HackingisNotaCrime Family. Charles joins us to talk about positivity in InfoSec. If you've never seen Charle's videos, you're missing out. We'll unpack what drives his positivity and how we as infosec / appsec people can embrace a more positive approach to our world. We hope you enjoy this conversation with...Charles Shirer.

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