The Secure Developer

In episode 84 of The Secure Developer, Guy Podjarny is joined by Nick Vinson, DevSecOps Lead at Pearson. Currently heading up the team of engineers focussing on security, Nick has been a driving force in getting the company up to speed on the security front for the last couple of years. We get to hear from Nick about his longer-term history in DevSecOps and how he landed in his present role...

In episode 85 of The Secure Developer, Guy Podjarny speaks to James Turnbull, an open source developer who is currently VP of Engineering at Timber, working on the open source observability platform, Vector. As someone who has been a core part of the DevOps journey, James is especially qualified to discuss how it's similar or different to security...

In episode 86 of The Secure Developer, Guy Podjarny speaks to Nicolas Chaillan who is the United States Air Force's first Chief Software Officer, responsible for enabling Air Force programs in the transition from Agile to DevSecOps to establish Force-wide DevSecOps capabilities and best practices, including continuous authority to operate processes and streamline technology adoption...

In episode 87 of The Secure Developer, Guy Podjarny speaks to Amanda Honea-Frias, who is a Security Architect within the Cisco Security & Trust organization. Amanda is passionate about being part of the change by bringing good management and leadership into her company. Tuning in today, you’ll hear about the differences between small organizations and big organizations, building empathy and putting it to work through influence and not manipulation...

In episode 88 of The Secure Developer, Guy Podjarny speaks to Dev Akhawe, Head of Security at Figma, the first state-of-the-art interface design tool that runs entirely in your browser. Dev pulls back the curtain and gives us a look at what security at Figma looks like. The relatively small organization has a culture where the security team earns their trust and works openly. This has resulted in far greater cohesion between the security team and developers...

In episode 88 of The Secure Developer, Guy Podjarny speaks to Justin Cormack, CTO at Docker who is passionate about security, software development, and the open source community. In this conversation, we hear more about what Justin's position as CTO involves and how Docker is getting back to its roots as a developer-focused company that concentrates on developers' needs. We also discuss what Justin has seen in terms of how companies use containers...

In episode 88 of The Secure Developer, Guy Podjarny speaks to Daniel Bryant, Director of DevRel at Ambassador Labs, picking his brain regarding all things development! Daniel shares his opinion on ethics in the field and no code/low code platforms. We discuss what he believes are the most important elements in ensuring optimal development and where the biggest obstacles lie...

In episode 91 of The Secure Developer, Guy Podjarny speaks to Dr. David A. Wheeler, an expert in both open source and developing secure software. David is the Director of Open Source Supply Chain Security at the Linux Foundation and teaches a graduate course in developing secure software at George Mason University...

In episode 92 of The Secure Developer, Guy Podjarny speaks to Ashish Rajan, who is currently the Global Head of Security for a forward-thinking product company called PageUp in Melbourne, Australia. Guy and Ashish talk about the challenges of starting in a new security position when working remotely during the COVID pandemic and how to build trust and validity. Tune in today for an in-depth discussion on cloud security and what the future holds!

In episode 93 of The Secure Developer, Guy Podjarny speaks to colleague, Simon Maple, Field CTO at Snyk, who has recently co-authored a report called 'The State of Cloud Native Application Security'. Simon shares some of the main findings that came out of the survey which formed the basis of the report. Almost 600 people took part in the survey, with a good mix of roles amongst the respondents...