Securing Modern Web Apps: Development Techniques are Changing – Tom Hudson – ASW #161
The use of web apps, SPAs, and APIs are growing steadily and traditional scanning methods don't provide enough coverage. The appsec tools need to innovate and become smarter and more contextual in order to test modern apps and APIs at scale. Tom Hudson, Security Research Team Lead at Detectify, will give a peek into how Detectify is innovating to help solve these modern app and API developer challenges.
Segment Resources:
- Sign up for updates and be the first to know about Detectify API scanning open beta: https://www.detectify.com/api
- Blog post announcing Detectify's plans to expand scanner to fuzz public-facing APIs: https://blog.detectify.com/2021/08/03/detectify-fuzzing-public-facing-apis/
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Tom Hudson started his career as a software engineer and got into security when a former employer invited him to the company bug bounty program. The experience landed him on the HackerOne scoreboard. Since then, Tom has become a prominent figure in the hacker community, known for his many hacking tools that he hosts on Github.
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