Dan Küykendall -- Why All Application Security Products Suck

Dan Küykendall visits The Application Security Podcast to discuss his series "Why All AppSec Products Suck" and explain why software companies should understand the uses and limitations of any security tool. The series aims to highlight the limitations of each tool and to help users make informed decisions when selecting the right tools for their needs. In this field, there is no such thing as an expert; there is always something new to learn. Dan Küykendall is an industry leader in AppSec for 25 years with a total of 30 years in tech. He was the co-founder and CEO of NT OBJECTives until acquired by Rapid7 in 2015, where he served as Senior Director of Application Security Products until 2023.

Connect with Dan Küykendall:
→ Jeff Williams on LinkedIn
→ The Dan On Dev website

Mentioned in this episode:
→ The Dan On Dev website
→ Twitter (@dan_kuykendall)
→ Twitter (@Dan_On_Dev)
→ Instagram
→ Facebook
→ Fortify (OpenText)
→ Gary McGraw
→ Jeff Williams on LinkedIn

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Chapters:
00:00 Meet Dan Küykendall: Why All Application Security Products Suck
01:55 Yeah. we got a, a, a special guest who's been doing
14:35 A good, that's a good level of curiosity though, right
21:29 Okay. So I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna come at this
23:38 That would be, we, we can call that your kind of
29:41 Let me, let me bounce my, the reasons I don't like
42:29 Hey, Dan, let's, uh, take a look at what we have
45:30 You remember, uh, TCP/IP illustrated
47:05 Yeah. DNS doesn't use Port 80