Security Champions Meetup - Black Hat USA 2024

Anant Shrivastava | Founder, Cyfinoid Research
Tanya Janca | Head of Community and Education, Semgrep
Kymberlee Price | Founder & CEO, Zatik Security
Dustin Lehr | Co-Founder / Chief Product & Technology Officer, Katilyst

Date: Thursday, August 8 | 10:20am-11:00am ( Lagoon G, Level 2 )

Pass Type: Briefings, Business Hall, Trainings

Track: Community Sessions

The role of security champions once started out as members from Dev or Ops teams, who were interested in security concepts and efforts to help the two teams connect better. This bridge role has evolved over time, from a purely technical role, to requiring champions to become well versed in different backgrounds and working styles of the teams they are supporting. Organizations often push to build security champion programs, but are not always achieving the success they desire, and often don’t understand why.

Join us for an informal conversation about the benefits and struggles of security champions. Hear from our esteemed panelists, who have been carefully selected from a pool of practitioners who have been in the thick and thin of champion programs that have been successful, as well as those which have failed.

Come to this session with your real-life questions and worries, and our experts will help you navigate the turbulent waters.