CHCon 2023

Laura Bell Main

With over twenty years of experience in software development and application security, Laura Bell Main specializes in bringing Application Security and Secure Development practices into organizations worldwide.

She is the co-founder and CEO of SafeStack, an online education platform offering flexible, high-quality, and people-focused secure development training for fast-moving companies, focusing on building application security skills, practices, and culture across the entire engineering team.

Laura is an experienced conference speaker, trainer, and regular panel member and has spoken at various events such as BlackHat USA, NDC, RenderATL, and OSCON on application security, DevSecOps, secure development, and security mindset. 

She is also the co-author of "Agile Application Security" and "Security for Everyone."


Session

11-24
11:15
30min
OneHourAppSec - Changing the world one sprint at a time
Laura Bell Main

Application security is hard, not just technically but because our development teams (those best equipped to make the biggest impact) have no time, resources or support to address it.

What would happen if every team, worldwide spent 1 hour of every sprint on application security? What would this look like and what could we achieve?

Let me show you.

Main Track
Ngaio Marsh Theatre