DerbyCon, Russians, and Next Story –

Chimera, Aliquippa, FNF, Lazarus, DARPA, Ransom Payments, Namedrop, Google, Aaran Leyland, and more are on this edition of the Security Weekly News.

Reaching the level of CISO in a large corporation requires time and determined application as well as aptitude and very specific professional and personal attributes. It's the role against which many security professionals set their career sights without really knowing what they'll be getting themselves into. Fitzgerald, T. 2019. Chapter 14. CISO ...

This year we've talked about vulns, clouds, breaches, presentations, and all the variations of Dev, Sec, and Ops. As we end the year, let's talk about starting things -- like starting an appsec program or an appsec career. But is there still a need for an appsec team? Or has it turned into specializations for areas like cloud security and bug bount...