Elon, Lyceum, Buzz Words, PS5, PunyCode, Palo Alto, & Small Business – Wrap Up – SWN #166

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...

Weak randomness in old JavaScript crypto, lack of encryption in purported end-to-end encryption, a platform engineering maturity model, PyPI's first security audit, vision for a Rust specification, and more!

Firmware security is complex and continues to be an industry challenge. In this podcast we'll talk about the reasons firmware security remains a challenge and some best practices around platform security. Segment Resources: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/04/27/firmware-blind-spots/ https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/09/28/hardware-securi...