An Agnostic Approach to AppSec: Ken Johnson on Navigating the Future with AI

Ken Johnson is co-founder of Dryrun Security and co-host of the Apsolute AppSec podcast. Ken has many years experience working in AppSec in a variety of roles, including CTO of nVisium and Application Security Engineer at GitHub. Ken chats with Cole Cornford about taking an agnostic approach to AppSec, transitioning from being an employee to a founder, how AI might change cybersecurity, and plenty more.Secured by Galah Cyber with Cole Cornford website Timestamps9:10 - When Ken started running AppSec conferences.12:00 - Ken: an “agnostic approach” to appsec really resonated with people.14:30 - Ken: “by nature we are always behind the curve”.15:40 - Ken: appsec is getting much harder.17:00 - Cole also advocates for an agnostic approach to appsec.18:50 - Ken’s favourite thing about Github: the culture.20:30 - discussing Github.25:00 - Appsec education.26:30 - quality software is secure software.27:30 - AI & Appsec.33:50 - Brief overview of Ken’s professional life, transition to being a founder.36:30 - Cole: people who plan to build a product alongside consulting.38:20 - Cole’s experience starting a consulting business.39:40 - Ken’s interests outside AppSec.40:40 - How Ken got into brazilian ju jitsu.44:10 - Cole’s pandemic experience.Mentioned in this episode:Call for FeedbackThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrpSpotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

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