Hardik Parekh
Hardik Parekh is recognized thought leader and executive in security/privacy domain with hands-on contributions to SANS CWE Top 25, OWASP SAMM, BSIMM 1.0 to BSIMM 9; and SAFECode. Hardik is part of the core team which developed OWASP SAMM 2.0.
Hardik has 16+ years of hands-on security experience with a track record of developing and maturing security programs in consumer and enterprise companies RSA/EMC, Intuit, Amazon, and Splunk. Hardik has built security programs in dynamic, fast-paced environments while partnering effectively across the company. Hardik has transformed DevOps organization to DevSecOps by integrating security engineering tools in CICD pipeline and delivered security at scale and speed in the Cloud.
Hardik also serves on several advisory boards including non-profit Security and IT Certification leader CompTIA.
Sessions
In today’s agile environment, it’s important to know maturity of your software assurance program. In this talk, we will introduce OWASP SAMMv2 - an effective and measurable way to analyze and improve software assurance posture in 3 levels of maturity - thus creating a step-by-step navigation plan.