The Elephant in AppSec

?? Securing applications at scale is more crucial now than ever. With Wednesday's report showing the Fortune 1000 faces thousands of API issues, our latest blog post highlights one of the panels from The Elephant in AppSec Conference on how to scale application security effectively. Mel Reyes, Ariel S. and Alina Yakubenko draw on decades of invaluable experiences to give you the full rundown on the challenges, triumphs and key strategies you need to scale AppSec. Make sure not to miss out! Read the blog post now ?? https://lnkd.in/ggF7fWYw You can also watch the conference back for more incredible insights ?? https://lnkd.in/efGkdHwE

What's wrong with current API security testing and what can we do about it? We're back with another The Elephant in AppSec Conference highlight! Effective API security testing is now more crucial than ever, with API attacks rapidly growing. Our latest blog post dives into Tristan Kalos and Swan B.'s talks from this month's conference, discussing all the challenges of current API security testing tools, from the limits of classic DASTs to the slow and complex nature of existing API testing tools. And crucially, these talks explore how Escape is reinventing the landscape, knocking these challenges down to make API testing agentless, scalable and effective. ?? Read the full blog post now! https://lnkd.in/gK7D4MKr

Discover 4 key takeaways from The Elephant in AppSec conference ?? ?? Security needs to be built into the company culture so security practices are present throughout the entire SDLC ?? This helps businesses to optimize, scale, and reduce risk ?? Solutions should be carefully selected to suit the business' needs ?? AI can be harnessed to pinpoint and optimize solutions for these specific needs Missed the conference? Watch the recording here ?? https://lnkd.in/dnE87e9P

And that's a wrap ?? After months of planning, The Elephant in AppSec conference officially wrapped up last week, and I couldn’t be more grateful to everyone who made it possible! Pulling off my first virtual conference with a (very) small team comes with its challenges, but seeing the AppSec community come together - and hearing all the positive feedback - made it all worth it ?? We had 500 people sign up, with almost 300 attending live throughout the day and 100+ catching the replay over the weekend - just amazing to see that level of interest from the community! A huge shoutout to: ? Our incredible speakers: Tanya Janca, Kim Wuyts, Cassie Crossley, Akira Brand, Chris Romeo, Dustin Lehr, Jacob Salassi, Mel Reyes, Ariel S., Alina Y ????, Aravind Sreenivasa, James Berthoty, Sandesh Mysore Anand, Amit B., Antoine Carossio, Ron Nissim, Swan B., Tristan Kalos, Jeevan S., Kyle Kelly, Munawar Hafiz, Anmol Agarwal ? The participants – You all really made this event special! Special shoutout to the person who challenged Cassie Crossley (and then immediately apologized ??). Next time, don’t hesitate to keep those great questions and challenges coming! ? My amazing co-MC - Oscar Burns - your energy and humor kept us all engaged at Track 2 ?? I know pulling an all-security-nighter wasn’t easy, but you made it so much fun! ? My fantastic team at Escape - Swan B., Tristan Kalos, Jean-Daniel PRINCE, Mia Berthier, Hanna Givelber, Rafi Syjuco Siy for handling both presentations and support behind the scenes. Your hard work was invaluable in making this event a success. I’ll be sharing key takeaways from the event soon, so stay tuned ?? And if you missed any sessions, you can already access the recordings—plus, all talks will be published on The Elephant in AppSec YouTube channel in December! P.S. After all this, I definitely needed to recharge this weekend ??

Can’t believe it’s almost here - just one more day! ?????? Tomorrow, we’re bringing together an amazing lineup of people who are pushing boundaries in Application Security: Tanya Janca, Kim Wuyts, Cassie Crossley, Akira Brand, Chris Romeo, Dustin Lehr, Jacob Salassi, Mel Reyes, Ariel S., Alina Y ????, Aravind Sreenivasa, James Berthoty, Sandesh Mysore Anand, Amit B., Antoine Carossio, Ron Nissim, Swan B., Tristan Kalos, Jeevan S., Kyle Kelly, Munawar Hafiz, Anmol Agarwal If you’re looking to learn something new, challenge the status quo, or just be inspired, this is the place. What sessions are you the most looking forward to???