In this episode, Omkhar Arasaratnam visits with Aeva Black, who currently serves as the Section Chief for Open Source Security at CISA, and is an open source hacker and international public speaker with 25 years of experience building open source software projects at large technology companies. She previously led open source security strategy within the Microsoft Azure Office of the CTO, and served on the OpenSSF Technical Advisory Committee, the OpenStack Technical Committee, and the Kubernetes Code of Conduct Committee. In her spare time, Aeva enjoys riding motorcycles up and down the west coast.01:37- Aeva describes a day in the life at CISA02:38 - Details on the use of open source in the public sector04:27 - Why open source needs corporate investment to maintain security06:20 - Aeva shares what their second year at CISA looks like07:58 - Aeva answers Omkhar’s rapid-fire questions09:28 - Advice for people entering the world of security10:16 - Certs are nice to have, but they aren’t everything10:42 - Aeva’s call to action for listenersEpisode links:Aeva Black on LinkedInCISA Open Source Security RoadmapGet involved with the OpenSSF community

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