We Hack Purple Podcast Episode 63 with Guest Mick Douglas

01/12/23 • 56 min

In this episode of the We Hack Purple podcast host Tanya Janca met with her colleague from IANs Faculty: Mick Douglas, founder of InfoSec Innovations! We talked about EVERYTHING AppSec and definitely could haveeasily talked at least 2 more hours! He explained what honey pots/honey files/honey links are, and how to use them. Creating a "tamper evident" network and system, as well as how marketing people have really messed up the term "shift left" for the rest of us. Not only that, but the episode had TONS of laughs!

Mick's Bio:

Mick Douglas has over 10 years of experience in information security and is currently the Managing Partner for InfoSec Innovations. He specializes in PowerShell, Unix, Data Visualization, Hardware, and Radio Hacking and teaches SEC504: Hacker Tools, Techniques, Exploits, and Incident Handling and SEC555: SIEM with Tactical

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We Hack Purple Streams! Securing Open Source Dependencies Its Not Just Your Code That You Need to Secure With Rana Khalil

The importance of open source security management made headlines in 2017 when the Equifax breach resulted in the compromise of the personal information of millions of users. The breach was attributed to the use of a known vulnerable version of the Apache Struts open source framework. Since then, we’ve seen a rise in the disclosure (and exploitation) of vulnerabilities in open source software, such as the famous Log4Shell vulnerability that was dubbed as the “worst security flaw of the decade”.
This resulted in studies being conducted and determining that open-source components make up more than half of an application codebase. The security implications of such a ratio can be significant. While organizations spend considerable time and effort ensuring that the custom code developed by them is secure, usually little to no consideration is put into evaluating the security of the used open-source components. This presentation will introduce Software Composition Analysis (SCA) - the process of identifying vulnerabilities in open-source dependencies. We’ll discuss the criteria you should consider when selecting an SCA solution and the importance of integrating such tools in your DevOps pipelines.
Rana is an application security engineer consultant currently working at C3SA. She has a diverse professional background with experience in software development, quality assurance and pentesting. She holds a Bachelor and Master’s degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Ottawa. She has spoken about her research and work at several local and international conferences. In her non-existent free time, you can find her posting educational videos and holding workshops through her Academy and YouTube channel. She has received several awards and honorable mentions for her research and contributions to the cybersecurity community.
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Academy: https://ranakhalil.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rana__khalil
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DefectDojo, Taking your DevSecOps to 11, with Matt Tesauro and We Hack Purple

A We Hack Purple Live Stream with Matt Tesauro of Defect Dojo Inc (https://www.defectdojo.com/).
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Description: You’re tasked with ‘doing DevSecOps’ for your company and you’ve got more apps and issues than you know how to deal with. How do you make sense of the different tools outputs for all your different apps? DefectDojo is an open source platform that can be your single pane of glass by aggregating, distilling, and automating your AppSec and DevSecOps tools. DefectDojo was created by DevSecOps people for DevSecOps people. In this talk, you’ll learn about DefectDojo and how to make the most of the many features it offers including its REST-based API. DefectDojo can be your single pane of glass for discovered security vulnerabilities, report generation, aggregation of over 150+ different security tools, inventory of applications, tracking testing efforts / metrics on your AppSec program. DefectDojo was the heart of an AppSec automation effort that saw an increase in assessments from 44 to 414 in two years. Don't you want 9.4 times more output from your AppSec program? It's time to ditch spreadsheets and get DefectDojo. About Matt: Matt Tesauro is a DevSecOps and application security (AppSec) guru with specialization in creating security programs, leveraging automation to maximize team velocity and training emerging and senior professionals. When not writing automation code in Go, Matt is pushing for DevSecOps everywhere via his involvement in open-source projects, presentations, trainings and new technology innovation. Matt thrives on tackling technical problems, but his economics background gives him a unique understanding of business constraints and incentives around security initiatives. As a versatile engineer, Matt’s background spans software development (primarily web development), Linux system administration, penetration testing and application / cloud security. Additionally, he offers more than 13 years of experience with the internationally recognized AppSec and open-source nonprofit OWASP Foundation. At OWASP, Matt has served on the global board of directors and conducted several highly successful open-source projects, including a web testing environment with 300,000+ downloads in a single year and the OWASP DefectDojo vulnerability management platform with 10 million+ downloads.
As a recognized thought leader, Matt has presented at conferences multiple times per year since 2009 and has facilitated training around the world. Some of his noteworthy speaking engagements include a DHS Software Assurance Workshop; OpenStack Summit; SANS AppSec Summit; and AppSec US, EU and LATAM. He has also taught computer security courses at Texas A&M and the University of Texas at the undergraduate and graduate level. Matt leads by example and rolls up his sleeves to help teams reach their goals. He is a supportive and collaborative leader who mentors and motivates others to realize their potential. Colleagues note that Matt is fiendishly clever when solving problems and refreshingly honest in his work. In 2021, Matt was recruited for the role of Distinguished Engineer at Noname Security. His priority is to evangelize Noname’s ground-breaking API security platform and API security in general. He works closely with the product team to ensure that Noname’s platform addresses the application and product security issues that impact customers. Before joining Noname, Matt rolled out AppSec automation at USAA and founded 10Security. His early career includes tenures as Director of Community and Operations at the OWASP Foundation, Senior AppSec Engineer at Duo Security, Senior Software Security Engineer at Pearson and Senior Product Security Engineer at Rackspace. Matt received a master’s degree in management information systems and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Texas A&M Univers