Episodes

In this episode of "Build Amazing Things Securely," host Laura Bell Main sits down with Andrew from Teko. Andrew shares his journey from software development to application security, highlighting his burnout experience and subsequent career pivot. He discusses the importance of understanding and integrating into teams' existing processes, using techniques like Rosebud Thorn for cultural and security growth. Andrew emphasizes learning from mistakes, the value of different perspectives in AppSec, ...

Episode Summary: "Unveiling the Layers of Database Security" In this episode of "Build Amazing Things Securely," host Laura Bell Main engages in a fascinating conversation with Dejan from RavenDB. Broadcasting from Serbia, Dejan provides insightful perspectives on database security, the importance of encryption, and the nuances of building stable, secure database systems. The episode traverses various aspects of database management, emphasizing how ease of use and built-in security can revoluti...

Episode Summary In this episode of "Build Amazing Things Securely," host Laura Bell Main interviews Anthony Maley from vouch.io. They delve into Anthony's background, his journey from the UK to Belgium, and eventually to the US, as well as the innovative and secure solutions offered by vouch.io. Anthony discusses the challenges and advancements in creating offline-first, shareable security frameworks, emphasizing the need for human presence in increasingly autonomous technological landscapes. ...

Episode Summary In this episode of "Build Amazing Things Securely," host Laura Bell Main interviews Tanya Janca, a prominent figure in the DevSecOps community. Tanya shares insights from her journey in software development to security, emphasizing the importance of secure software. She discusses common pitfalls in DevSecOps and shares lessons from her extensive experience consulting with over 400 companies. Key Points Tanya Janca's Background: Transition from a software developer to a securit...

Episode Summary In this episode of "Build Amazing Things Securely," host Laura Bell Main speaks with Joey Stanford, Vice President of Data Privacy and Compliance at Platform.sh. Joey shares his journey from starting as the only person in his role to leading a substantial team focused on privacy and compliance. He emphasizes the importance of building trust with customers and how this aligns with the company's values, including their commitment to environmental sustainability and being good cust...

Episode Summary In this episode of "Build Amazing Things Securely," host Laura Bell Main talks with Ben Goodman, founder and CEO of DragonDrop Cloud and the maintainer of Cloud Concierge. Ben discusses his journey from an economics and computer science background to becoming a tech entrepreneur. He shares insights into the importance of automating developer best practices using infrastructure as code tools like Terraform, highlighting the benefits for security, cost, and operational efficiency....

Episode Summary In this episode of "Build Amazing Things Securely," host Laura Bell Main interviews Rohit, a product security expert in the gaming industry. Rohit shares his journey from an electronics background into cybersecurity, emphasizing the broad scope and diverse challenges in the field. The conversation delves into the specifics of securing gaming applications, like Zynga's Farmville, highlighting the importance of data integrity and the impact of security breaches on business models....

Episode Summary In this episode of "Build Amazing Things Securely," host Laura Bell Main interviews Gabrielle, an offensive security advisor at Desjardins, Canada. Gabrielle shares her unique journey from acting to cybersecurity, detailing the skills and experiences that led her to become a penetration tester. The discussion dives into the nuances of penetration testing, including different methodologies, the importance of communication with development teams, and the value of a penetration tes...

Rachael Greaves is the CEO and founder of Castlepoint Systems, a regulatory technology company at the heart of a global push for accountability, privacy, and security in data storage and processing. In this episode, Rachael and Laura dig into the scale of data in our systems, why handling it poorly has real-world consequences, and how explainable AI is an essential part of managing this risk.

Evan Johnson has been through a massive shift. Formerly the Senior Director of Security Engineering at Cloudflare, he is now a co-founder at RunReveal. In this episode, Laura and Evan chat about how you build security in early for a global scale and the lessons Evan has learned from his transition from large to small.

Ryan Thomas is the Head of Engineering at Fl0, a platform as a service organization specializing the databases and backends. In this episode, Laura and Ryan discuss the challenges of building a foundation that others will build upon and how embracing Rust has helped with their mission.

Lachlan "skooch" Temple is the Head of Application Security at Belong, an Australian telco. In this episode, Laura and Lachlan discuss how you manage cyber security at the scale of telecommunications and how you figure out how much security is enough.

Shanna Daly is a computer forensics and cyber security specialist for Cosive Security. She is the person companies call when things have gone very wrong. In this episode, Laura and Shanna talk through what actually happens when a forensics team is called in after an incident, what data really matters, and what we can do as developers to make investigations easier.

Jax Garrett is the CEO and founder of GGWP Academy, a platform that teaches gamers how to monetize their social media and online presence while doing what they love. In this episode, Laura and Jax dive into how machine learning is applied in marketing/gaming to understand and categorize players, how this uses data, and the privacy and security considerations of this new space.

Ben Chartrand is the CTO of Spotlight Reporting, a popular financial reporting platform. In this episode, Ben shares a recent real-world application security incident faced by him and his team and how they responded.

Antonio Loquercio is a roboticist and academic from the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in autonomous space traversal for both legged and flying robots. In this episode, Laura and Antonio dig into the current state of autonomous robots, the challenges involved with making them navigate environments safely and where this exciting leap in technology might take us.

Paul McCarty is the CEO and founder of SecureStack and has a dream. What if you could quickly know all the components your software is made from, trust they were secure, and push to prod? In this episode, Laura and Paul dig into what we would need to do should we try to make this dream happen, how to think about the components and dependencies in our software today, and how we can manage that risk in the future.

Lisa Hall is the CISO at ColorHealth, a healthcare company based in San Francisco specializing in health testing and DNA screening. In this episode, Lisa joins Laura to discuss the realities of securing software in the healthcare industry and the impact of security risks when you store a person's DNA and have an actual, physical lab in the mix.

Dan Walsh is a distinguished engineer at Red Hat. With a long history of securing systems from the operating system level and up, he has moved into functional safety, a subsection of cyber security related to keeping people safe from harm. This week, Dan joins us to discuss his work bringing containerization into cars and his work on PodMan, an open-source tool for container orchestration in these environments.

Jon Gelsey has had an incredible career for someone who describes themselves as "unemployed." Most notably, however, you may know him last as the founder and former CEO of Auth0. In this week's episode, Jon joins us to talk about the importance of cyber security from day 1, planning on being wildly successful, and what the future of authentication may hold.

This week we are joined by Ariel Shin, Product Security Lead at Twillio. Join us as we chat through how security works when you provide messaging services for some of the world's biggest brands and how to scale your security practices when you have 3000 engineers to manage.

Meet Santiago Bernhardt, a self-confessed cyber security lover and software engineer passionate about securing the Internet of Things (IOT). Join us as we dig into what remarkable technologies are being developed to solve this world-sized problem and the challenges along the way. Be prepared to dive into a problem that brings together cars, formal methods and scaled networking in a way you may not have seen before.

Today's guest is Dr. Vaughan Shanks, the Co-Founder, and CEO of Cydarm Technologies. In this episode, we will dig into Attribute Based Access Control(ABAC), a little-used technology for authorization that Vaughan believes can help us not just authorize people but also support critical functions such as incident response.

Whatever industry you are in, wherever you are in the world - we are looking for technologies that are changing the world and the people building and securing it. Want to be our next guest? Get in touch! Email laura@safestack.io to apply