Seb Coles
Seb is a DevSecOps transformation specialist, and is Head of Application Security for LRQA, a global assurance and cyber security services company. Seb is a software engineer by trade, working in several lead engineer positions before moving into information security to help engineering teams build secure products. Since then Seb has led several DevSecOps transformations working previously at Clarks, Veracode and ClearBank – where Seb was a senior engineering manager. At Clear Bank, Seb built the security engineering function from the ground up over a two year period, scaling the function to protect a digital cloud bank and being awarded Highly Commended at the 2023 Computing Awards for DevSecOps implementation.
Session
In this talk I will be talking through the lifecycle of a DevSecOps transformation, starting with how I assess the software and engineering maturity, build a plan, prioritize and a make case for change. I will also talk about my key principal of “Build a capability, don’t be the capability” and how I build self sustaining teams, where we will touch on getting the right people, growing self organizing teams and developing new leaders so that the change is sustainable. I will also talk through several organizational change management practices that have helped me make an impact. DevSecOps transformation is not for the feint hearted and I want to show those who wish to change the SDLC what skills and values have helped me to make an impact.