Application Security Weekly (Audio)

Appsec teams and developers must both understand the consequences of what they're doing when building APIs. Appsec teams need to push for collaboration and help implement tools that augment the development process. Dev teams need to wrangle complex architectures and work on addressing classes of vulns rather than just playing BugOps with scanner outputs. In the news, there's a (non-critical, but c...

While much has been written and argued about the security of election systems - the things that do the actual ballot counting - there's other systems that have to be in place and secured before the vote can occur - voter registration databases, ballot delivery systems, etc. Might it be possible to use modern appsec concepts OWASP SAMM to secure them in a more efficient, targeted, cost-effective ma...

Infosec is still figuring out useful metrics, how to talk about risk, and how to make resilience more relevant. Shannon talks about a new community effort to measure software trust. She also covers threat modeling and adversary management as steps towards determining an org's resiliency and security. Segment Resources: https://community.ravemetrics.com  Melinda will share results from her study la...

Check out this interview from the ASW Vault, hand picked by main host Mike Shema! This segment was originally published on May 23, 2022. Developers want bug-free code -- it frees up their time and is easier to maintain. They want secure code for the same reasons. We'll talk about how the definition of secure coding varies among developers and appsec teams, why it's important to understand those pe...

Without visibility and continuous monitoring, dangerous threats expose our blind spots and create risk. Invicti, who brought together Acunetix and Netsparker, analyzes common web application vulns across thousands of assets yearly and releases the Invicti AppSec Indicator for a holistic view of vulnerability trends from automated scan results. In this talk, Invicti Director of Product Patrick Vand...

Security is one of the most evolving and impactful landscapes in the regulatory sphere. Proposed initiatives in the areas of Incident Response, Software and Product Assurance, Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD), and IoT or Connected Products Regulations are among the most active and developing areas of security policy around the world. This evolving landscape also serves as an opportunity...

Eric Olden, CEO and Co-Founder of Strata Identity, discusses the concept of Identity Orchestration. He covers the evolving identity landscape and how it has evolved to keep pace with modern apps, the challenges encountered during an identity modernization project, how Identity Orchestration helps those modernization projects, and best practices for implementing secure identity. Segment Resources:...

Walking the show floor at RSA Conference, you couldn't trip without falling into an application security vendor booth ... and API security specialists were especially plentiful. Join Forrester Principal Analyst Sandy Carielli for her thoughts on RSA Conference and a deep dive into the challenges of API security. Segment Resources: - https://www.forrester.com/blogs/insights-from-the-2023-rsa-confer...

Check out this interview from the ASW VAULT, hand picked by main host Mike Shema! This segment was originally published on March 14, 2022. Cybersecurity is a large and often complex domain, traditionally focused on the infrastructure and general information security, with little or no attention to Application Security. Security providers usually tack-on AppSec services to their existing menu of of...

The OWASP Top 10 dates back to 2003, when appsec was just settling on terms like cross-site scripting and SQL injection. It's a list that everyone knows about and everyone talks about. But is it still the right model for modern appsec awareness? What if we put that attention and effort elsewhere? Maybe we could have secure defaults instead. Or linters and build tools that point out these flaws. We...

What happens to an app's security after six months? What about a year or two years? A Secure SDLC needs to maintain security throughout an app's lifetime, but too often the rate of new flaws can outpace the rate of new code within an app. Appsec teams need strategies and processes to keep software secure for as long as possible. Segment Resources: https://www.veracode.com/state-of-software-securit...

What does software resilience mean? Why is status quo application security unfit for the modern era of software? How can we move from security theater to security chaos engineering? This segment answers these questions and more. Segment Resources: Book -- https://securitychaoseng.com Blog -- https://kellyshortridge.com/blog/posts/   In the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity, attackers are consta...

Application security is messy and is getting messier. Modern application security teams are struggling to identify what's more important to fix. Cloud security and application security is getting squeezed all together. Modern vulnerability maturity needs a new approach and guidance. Vulnerability management framework and mature defect management is often overlooked as organizations tend to identif...

Jeff Moss shares some of history of DEF CON, from CFPs to Codes of Conduct, and what makes it a hacker conference. We also discuss the role of hackers and researchers in representing users within policy discussions.   Segment links https://defcon.org   https://forum.defcon.org https://media.defcon.org https://defcon.social/about   Microsoft turns to a weather-based taxonomy, k8s shares a security...

We talk with Ben about the rewards, hazards, and fun of bug bounty programs. Then we find out different ways to build successful and welcoming communities. A new deps.dev API for supply chain enthusiasts, hacking and modding agricultural devices, guidance from CISA on secure by design (and by default!), Glaze brings adversarial art to AI training, key transparency for WhatsApp, a new appsec myth(?...

Application security in the cloud is a crucial aspect of protecting data and preventing unauthorized access to applications hosted on cloud platforms. As cloud computing becomes more prevalent, ensuring the security of applications has become a top priority for organizations. This is because cloud environments present unique security challenges, such as shared resources, multi-tenancy, and a lack...

Following on from her successful title "Container Security", Liz has recently authored "Learning eBPF", published by O'Reilly. eBPF is a revolutionary kernel technology that is enabling a whole new generation of infrastructure tools for networking, observability, and security. Let's explore eBPF and understand its value for security, and how it's used to secure network connectivity in the Cilium p...

With the increased interest and use of AI such as GTP 3/4, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, and internal modeling, there comes an array of use cases and examples for increased efficiency, but also inherent security risks that organizations should consider. In this talk, Invicti's CTO & Head of Security Research Frank Catucci discusses potential use cases and talks through real-life examples of using AI in...

Static analysis is the art of scrutinizing your code without building or running it. Common static analysis tools are formatters (which change whitespace and other trivia), linters (which detect likely best practice and style issues), and type checkers (which detect likely bugs). Each of these can aid in improving application security by detecting real issues at development-time. Segment Resources...

In this segment, Josh will talk about the OWASP ASVS project which he co-leads. He will talk a little about its background and in particular how it is starting to be used within the security industry. We will also discuss some of the practicalities and pitfalls of trying to get development teams to include security activities and considerations in their day-to-day work and examples of how Josh has...

In this episode, Neatsun Ziv, co-founder and CEO of Ox security takes a deep dive into supply chain security. He focuses on the new Open Software Supply Chain Attack Reference (OSC&R), a consortium of leading cybersecurity leaders. OSC&R the first and only open framework for understanding and evaluating existing threats to entire software supply chain security. Segment Resources: https://pbom.dev/...

Join us for this segment with Lina Lau to learn lessons from real incident response engagements covering types of attacks leveraged against the cloud, war stories from supply chain breaches seen in the last 1-2 years, and how defenders and enterprises can better protect and proactively defend against these attacks.   Segment Resources: Attacking and Defending the Cloud (Training) https://training....

It's another holiday week, so enjoy this episode from our archives! What does a collaborative approach to security testing look like? What does it take to tackle an entire attack class as opposed to fixing a bunch of bugs? If we can shift from vulnerability mitigation to vulnerability elimination, then appsec would be able to demonstrate some significant wins -- and they need a partnership with De...

Organizations spend hundreds of work hours to build applications and services that will benefit customers and employees alike. Whether the application/service is externally facing or for internal use only, it is mandatory to identify and understand the scope of potential cyber risks and threats it poses to the organization. But where and how do you start with an accurate threat model? Nick can dis...

Most of the myths and lies in InfoSec take hold because they seem correct or sound logical. Similar cognitive biases make it possible for even the most preposterous conspiracy theories to become commonly accepted in some groups. This is a talk about the importance of critical thinking and checking sources in InfoSec. Our industry is relatively new and constantly changing. Too often, we operate mor...