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Applying Usability and Transparency to Security - Hannah Sutor - ASW #311
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Practices around identity and managing credentials have improved greatly since the days of infosec mandating 90-day password rotations. But those improvements didn't arise from a narrow security view. Hannah Sutor talks about the importance of balancing security with usability, the importance of engaging with users when determining defaults, and setting an example for transparency in security disclosures.
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Curl's oldest bug yet, RCPs (and more!) from AWS re:Invent, possible controls for NPM's malware proliferation, insights and next steps on protecting top 500 packages from the Census III report, the flawed design choice that made Microsoft's OTP (successfully) brute-forceable, and more!
Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes!
00:00 Welcome to Application Security Weekly! 01:49 Meet the Experts 03:28 What Are Non-Human Identities? 06:17 Balancing Security & Usability 08:24 MFA Challenges & Admin Security 12:09 Navigating Breaking Changes 16:05 Security by Design in Action 18:42 Identity Management for Startups 20:18 Secure by Design: Real Impact 24:03 Transparency After a Critical Vulnerability 31:39 Looking Ahead to 2025 32:45 Application Security in Three Words 34:10 - Intro & Cyber Resilience Insights 35:30 - The 25-Year-Old Curl Bug Story 38:27 - Fuzzing for Security: A Missed Opportunity? 42:56 - AWS re:Invent Security Highlights 46:04 - NPM Malware Surge 50:43 - Small Packages, Big Risks in NPM 54:05 - Open Source Security Trends 58:37 - Microsoft MFA Vulnerability Explained 62:38 - Hardware Hacking & DMA Exploits 65:05 - Auditing Ruby’s Package Ecosystem 68:12 - Looking Ahead to 2025
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-311
345 episodes
Manage episode 455979365 series 2794635
Practices around identity and managing credentials have improved greatly since the days of infosec mandating 90-day password rotations. But those improvements didn't arise from a narrow security view. Hannah Sutor talks about the importance of balancing security with usability, the importance of engaging with users when determining defaults, and setting an example for transparency in security disclosures.
Segment resources
Curl's oldest bug yet, RCPs (and more!) from AWS re:Invent, possible controls for NPM's malware proliferation, insights and next steps on protecting top 500 packages from the Census III report, the flawed design choice that made Microsoft's OTP (successfully) brute-forceable, and more!
Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes!
00:00 Welcome to Application Security Weekly! 01:49 Meet the Experts 03:28 What Are Non-Human Identities? 06:17 Balancing Security & Usability 08:24 MFA Challenges & Admin Security 12:09 Navigating Breaking Changes 16:05 Security by Design in Action 18:42 Identity Management for Startups 20:18 Secure by Design: Real Impact 24:03 Transparency After a Critical Vulnerability 31:39 Looking Ahead to 2025 32:45 Application Security in Three Words 34:10 - Intro & Cyber Resilience Insights 35:30 - The 25-Year-Old Curl Bug Story 38:27 - Fuzzing for Security: A Missed Opportunity? 42:56 - AWS re:Invent Security Highlights 46:04 - NPM Malware Surge 50:43 - Small Packages, Big Risks in NPM 54:05 - Open Source Security Trends 58:37 - Microsoft MFA Vulnerability Explained 62:38 - Hardware Hacking & DMA Exploits 65:05 - Auditing Ruby’s Package Ecosystem 68:12 - Looking Ahead to 2025
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-311
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