Alex Olsen -- Security champions, empowering developers, and AppSec training

Alex leads the Cyber Security Consulting Group, part of Rakuten's Cyber Security Defense Department. The group's dedication is to providing global security services, including security architecture, DevSecOps tooling and integration services, delivery of technical training, and running Rakuten's Security Champion community. His focus is on empowering teams to improve security throughout the development lifecycle. Alex Olsen leads the Cybersecurity Consulting Group, part of Rakuten's Cybersecurity Defense Department. The group is dedicated to providing global security services, including security architecture, DevSecOps tooling and integration services, delivery of technical training, and the running of Rakuten's Security Champion Community. Alex joins us to talk about security champions, one of the topics that's near and dear to my heart.

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Connect with Alex Olsen:
→ Rakuten: Democratizing AppSec
→ OWASP Global AppSec APAC

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→ Rakuten: Democratizing AppSec
→ OWASP Global AppSec APAC

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Chapters:
00:00 Meet Alex Olsen: Security champions, empowering developers, and AppSec training
03:54 There was a term that was used, democratizing AppSec. And it
07:00 Yeah. So, I guess what's the trade-off then when you— it
10:21 Like, they are the police because they can stop deployments, they
11:36 Yeah, so the kind of primary thing we want to talk
15:03 What's been your response or your experience with that
19:43 I'm listening to kind of— you're describing an onboarding process for
22:21 We think about, like, scope, cost, and effort, levels of effort
26:50 There's lots of excitement, right
35:21 Tactically or specifically about individual champions now. What have you seen
46:20 It was the return on investment. So, you know, what are
53:59 From a key takeaway perspective now, so let's kind of summarize