What are the steps to secure application development?

In this getting started episode of the Exploring Information Security podcast, Jim Manico joins me to discuss the steps (or rather phases) to secure application development.

Jim (@manicode) is an active member in the application security field. He's been a board member for OWASP. He's a regular speaker at OWASP conferences and he provides appsec training nine months out of the year. I recently had the opportunity to tune into a webinar put on my Jim discussing the steps to secure application development. He's got a wealth of knowledge and provides actionable advice for anyone wanting to move in that direction.

In this episode we discuss

  • How Jim got started in appsec
  • Why secure application development is important
  • What the steps are to get started
  • Who should be implementing application security