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 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 overrated
43:00 - Rapid fire questions
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