In this special episode of the Future of Application Security, recorded at the Developers & Security are Friends Day, Eric speaks with Colleen Dai, Senior Security Researcher at Semgrep, an open source static analysis tool. They discuss strategies security teams can take to reduce false positives, use secure defaults to eliminate bug classes, and reduce complexity in security decision-making. They also talk about ways to build the relationships between security, developers, and engineers, which includes aligning on goals, communication, and recognition.
Topics discussed:
- Colleen's background and what her security research role at Semgrep entails.
- How to use secure defaults to eliminate bug classes and reduce the complexity in security decisions.
- How to reduce false positives by writing rules and checks, especially ones that are customized to your organization.
- How to better align the goals of security and developers by focusing on creating good software — and good software is secure software.
- How to build relationships with engineers through communication and recognition, not just talking through Jira tickets.
- Why security and developers still struggle with cross-site scripting and how it can be fixed.
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