According to a recent Gartner report, by 2026, over 80% of Australian businesses are likely to incorporate Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) into their operations. Just like every other facet of software development, APIs come with security risks that can...
I had the pleasure of working with the team at Clutch Events to organise a Sydney event for experienced application security professionals. I opened the day with a keynote discussing core personalities encountered during an AppSec career and how to best manage their...
Effective AppSec isn’t just about tools. It requires people with the skills and knowledge to identify vulnerabilities and implement preventative measures at every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC). As I’ve addressed previously, this kind of education...
Snyk’s latest State of Open Source Security report found that 80% of organisations ship code daily. Of these, only 27% continuously audit that code. If left unaudited, your mobile application could harbour vulnerabilities exposing your users to data breaches that...
Open Source is often a hot topic. AI, funding models, retention, and gatekeeping regularly pop up on Hacker News. I rarely see articles discussing how security affects open source software (OSS), however, outside novel research. So today, I wanted to cover how the...
