In this episode, CRob discusses the finer points of developer relations (DevRel) with Katherine Druckman, Open Source Evangelist at Intel and co-chair of the OpenSSF Marketing Advisory Council and DevRel Community. Katherine enjoys sharing her passion for a variety of open source topics and is a long-time open source advocate, developer and podcaster. She’s currently the host of Open at Intel and co-host of the FLOSS Weekly and Reality 2.0 podcasts. She spent over a decade at Linux Journal. A passionate Drupalist since she first downloaded a tarball in 2005, she has also been a Drupal contributor and engineer.
Additionally, Katherine will be a featured speaker at SOSS Fusion/24 in Atlanta on Oct. 22-23. SOSS Fusion/24 is a collaborative and forward-thinking initiative dedicated to securing open source software. This event will bring together a diverse community of professionals from the public sector, software developers, security engineers to cybersecurity experts, CISOs, CIOs, Founders and tech pioneers.
Katherine will be an active participant at SOSS Fusion/24 and will share her insight at the following presentations:
- Roundtable: Building Developer Confidence in Software Security with the DevRel Community, with Lori Lorusso, Percona; Tabatha DiDomenico, G-Research. Oct 22, 11:30 a.m.
- Keynote: Fireside Chat with Window Snyder, Founder & CEO, Thistle Technologies, Oct. 23, 9:30 a.m.
- Keynote: Back to Security Basics: Evaluating, Consuming, and Contributing Open Source Software, Oct. 23, 9:55 a.m.
Check out the full schedule for SOSS Fusion/24.
- 01:42 - Katherine shares her non-traditional journey into open source
- 03:30 - DevRel’s definition varies, depending on the organization
- 06:11 - Tips for making connections with developers
- 08:23 - How DevRel professionals can help integrate security practices and tooling into everyday maintainer activities
- 09:38 - Katherine answers CRob’s rapid-fire questions
- 11:05 - Katherine’s belief that all knowledge can be relevant — even if it’s outside of your field
- 12:23 - Developers and security folks should be working together
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