Secure by Design: Who’s Really Responsible? with Abhijeth Dugginapeddi

Today on the show, I’m joined by Abhijeth Dugginapeddi, Director of Offensive Security at Palo Alto Networks. Before this, he built and led product and cloud security at BigCommerce, and worked on application security at Commonwealth Bank and Adobe.Abhijeth is deeply passionate about giving back to the community. He’s taught advanced web application security at UNSW, mentored through multiple outreach programs, and recently launched his first LinkedIn Learning course, “Practical Secure by Design”. He’s also been recognised in the Hall of Fame at companies like Google, Yahoo, and others for uncovering serious vulnerabilities across their platforms.In this episode, we get into the idea and the principles of secure by design, who should own it, and why security culture matters so much. We also talk about IPO readiness from a security perspective, and the real-world challenges startups face when trying to build security in.Dive right in!