CISA's Aeva Black and the Public Sector View of Open Source Security

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In this episode, Omkhar Arasaratnam visits with Aeva Black, who currently serves as the Section Chief for Open Source Security at CISA, and is an open source hacker and international public speaker with 25 years of experience building open source software projects at large technology companies.
She previously led open source security strategy within the Microsoft Azure Office of the CTO, and served on the OpenSSF Technical Advisory Committee, the OpenStack Technical Committee, and the Kubernetes Code of Conduct Committee. In her spare time, Aeva enjoys riding motorcycles up and down the west coast.

01:37- Aeva describes a day in the life at CISA
02:38 - Details on the use of open source in the public sector
04:27 - Why open source needs corporate investment to maintain security
06:20 - Aeva shares what their second year at CISA looks like
07:58 - Aeva answers Omkhar’s rapid-fire questions
09:28 - Advice for people entering the world of security
10:16 - Certs are nice to have, but they aren’t everything
10:42 - Aeva’s call to action for listeners

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