Bill Sempf!
Application Security Architect
Bio!
Bill Sempf is a software security architect. His breadth of experience includes business and technical analysis, software design, development, testing, server management and maintenance, and security. In his 20 years of professional experience he has participated in the creation of well over 200 applications for large and small companies, managed the software infrastructure of two Internet service providers, coded complex software happily in every environment imaginable, tested the security of all natures of applications and APs, and made mainframes talk to cell phones. He is the author of C# 5 All in One for Dummies and Windows 8 Programming with HTML5 For Dummies; a coauthor of Effective Visual Studio.NET and many other books, a frequent contributor to industry magazines; and has recently been an invited speaker for the ACM and IEEE, BlackHat, CodeMash, DerbyCon, BSides, DevEssentials, the International XML Web Services Expo and the Association of Information Technology Professionals. Bill also serves on the board of the Columbus branch of the Open Web Application Security Project, and is the Administrative Director of Locksport International.
Session!
Making and Baking an Application Security Department
Houston, we have a problem: we need more application security professionals. There is a lack of talented folks that can test, document and train developers on how to fix web and mobile applications for security vulnerabilities. Verizon’s estimates of 86% of 2017 breaches are caused by an application security component. This is a problem we must solve.
Bill and his team have been researching and experimenting on ways to solve the application security talent shortage. During this session, Bill will explain what they learned by teaching students of different experience levels. He will answer questions like: "Who should I start with?" and "What do they need to know to be effective?" as well as what tools are most appropriate for them to learn.
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