CSCP S03EP15 - Stephanie Dannan - Unusual Journeys in appsec

CSCP_S03EP15_-_Stephanie_Dannan_-_Unusual_Jou...

Stephanie Dannan is an application security all rounder, and the Head of Application Security at Markel. She is a shining example of someone getting into Cyber Security without direct experience in the field and without a robust technical understanding of application development. Her background is in behavioural health, and she got a master's degree in professional counselling. In this episode, Stephanie shares valuable advice for anyone considering a career in cyber security.

The episode is brought to you by AppSec Phoenix Ltd with the Phoenix platform, you can make Vulnerability management for software and organization SMART. Follow the tag #appsecsmart

https://www.appsecphoenix.com to get a free 30-day licence quoting CSCP https://landing.appsecphoenix.com/register

0:00 Introductions

2:40 Unusual journey into cyber security

6:30 Intro to application security

8:30 State of the industry, not enough entry level positions

11:20 Communication with developers

17:44 Technical language barrier, technical or not

20:46 Advise for getting into field

25:14 Funny password story

27:14 Discussing risk

32:22 Final positive message

34:42 Connect with Stephanie