Security Done Right: Ben Gittins on the Case for Generalists and Long-Term Solutions
Summary
Ben 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.
Timestamps
3:50 - Why is Aus cybersecurity lagging behind?
9:50 - Over-reliance on purchasing cybersecurity products
14:40 - We ask too much of our AppSec…
The skinny
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