In this episode, Tracy Lee, Rob Ocel, James Spivey, & Jarrod Overson talk about security.

Topics Discussed:

  • Why security matters and why should we care?

  • Is security only for back-end engineers?

  • Security and open-source (lessons from the event-stream incident)

  • Should major companies be afraid of open source software for security reasons?

  • How to reduce risk of compromised dependencies

  • Resources about security for beginners

  • Security, trade-offs, and the limits of our ability to fully protect ourselves

  • How to handle passwords as developers

  • Differences between hashing, encrypting, and encoding

  • Practical steps to begin securing your applications and teams

  • Fraud teams and security audits