Security Journey Resources

Roger A. Grimes, Data-Driven Defense Evangelist for KnowBe4, Inc., is the author of 15 books and over 1500 articles. He specializes in host security and preventing hacker and malware attacks.

Dustin Lehr joined Security Journey as Director of Application Security Advocacy. With nearly two decades of experience as a software engineer, application architect, and cybersecurity leader, Dustin has ample expertise in the industry.

David Kosorok, the Director of Information Security Programs at Toast, Inc., has over 25 years of experience in software and security testing, including more than 16 years dedicated to security.

Adam Bruehl, a Senior DevOps Engineer at Security Journey, has a unique blend of expertise ranging from biology to technology.

Michael Erquitt is a Senior Security Engineer at Security Journey who develops educational content for all of our learners.

Mark McMillan has been building and leading Information Security Champions programs for over five years and has spent nearly a decade shaping cybersecurity culture at Rocket. He's passionate about creating programs that empower, not punish, and help people understand their role in keeping data secure.

Ariel Shin is a Security Engineer at Stripe, specializing in threat modeling and proactively identifying and mitigating potential security risks. She is passionate about scaling application security while reducing engineering burdens and strives to create foundations that seamlessly integrate security practices into the development lifecycle.

In this episode of The Security Champions Podcast, hosts Dustin Lehr and Michael Burch got together to discuss the recent success of the first annual Security Champions Summit.

Eva Benn is a Principal Security Program Manager for the Microsoft Security and Response Center. She is deeply involved in the security community, having served/serving on the leadership boards of the OWASP Seattle Chapter, WiCyS Western Washington, ISACA Puget Sound Chapter, the EC Council CEH Advisory Board, and the GIAC Advisory Board. She is also a Co-Chair of the Microsoft Women in Security and Co-Founder of Women in Tech Global.

Jacob Salassi, former Director of Product Security at Snowflake, joined this episode of The Security Champions Podcast to share insights from his experience leading security transformation at scale.

Phillip Maddux is the founder of Deception Logic and a Staff Engineer on the Detection Engineering and Response Automation team at Compass. With close to two decades of experience in information and application security, Phillip's passion for honeypots led him to develop HoneyDB.io and his company, Deception Logic.

Irfaan Santoe is the leader of the OWASP Netherlands chapter and the creator of the OWASP Security Champions Guide. He is passionate about scaling security in AppDev, DevOps, and Cloud and has helped numerous multinationals solve information security challenges.

Noah Morse is an application security engineer at Security Journey focused on building vulnerable sandboxes for our Break/Fix lessons that teach developers how to secure applications.

Michael Bargury is a security researcher passionate about all things related to cloud, SaaS and low-code security, and he spends his time finding the ways they could all go wrong. He is the co-founder and CTO of Zenity, where he helps companies secure their low-code/no-code apps and leads the OWASP No-Code/Low-Code Top 10 project.

Ahmad is an entrepreneur with three successful ventures who is currently the CEO at Corgea. He led various products at Coupa after they acquired his previous venture, Riskopy. He built his current company due to frustration with the manual and inefficient processes companies take around security.

Join Micheal Burch, host of The Security Champions Podcast, as he reminisces about the standout moments from this season's conversations, from unraveling the intricacies of elegant code to exploring the human side of coding.

Derek is a multifaceted professional with expertise in information security, serving as an author, leader, speaker, and university instructor. His commitment to enhancing information security has defined his career, steering high-performing cybersecurity teams and crafting strategic initiatives that effectively mitigate risks and safeguard sensitive data. He excels in uniting teams, implementing regulatory compliance systems, and establishing comprehensive enterprise security services to ensure organizations' secure digital landscape navigation.

Tanya Janca, also known as SheHacksPurple, is the best-selling author of 'Alice and Bob Learn Application Security' and founder of We Hack Purple. Tanya has been coding and working in IT for over 25 years, has won countless awards, and has been everywhere, from public service to tech giants writing software, leading communities, founding companies, and 'securing all things'.

Jason Haddix has had a distinguished 15-year career in cybersecurity, previously serving as the CISO of Ubisoft, Head of Trust/Security/Operations at Bugcrowd, Director of Penetration Testing at HP, and Lead Penetration Tester at Redspin. He is a hacker and bug hunter to the core and has authored many talks, speaking at cons such as BlackHat, RSA, and many more.

Ron Woerner, CISSP, CISM, is the President and Chief Security Officer at Cyber-AAA, plus a Senior Security and Risk Consultant for Forrester Research. With over 20 years of experience in IT and Security experience, Ron works with leaders worldwide to advise on security, compliance, and privacy.

Dustin Lehr is the Sr. Director of Platform Security at Fivetran & the Co-founder and Chief Solutions Officer at Katilyst Security. Before shifting into cybersecurity leadership, Dustin spent 13 years as a software engineer and application architect in various industries.

Kenneth Buckler, CASP, is a research analyst of information security/risk and compliance management for Enterprise Management Associates, a technology industry analyst and consulting firm. With over 15 years of experience, Ken is an author on cybersecurity topics and has spent several years working for federal contractors in cybersecurity practitioner roles.

Tim Brown is the CISO of SolarWinds, responsible for overseeing the company's internal IT security, product security, and security strategy. With over 25 years of experience and 18 issued patents on security-related topics, Tim is a trusted advisor for business executives, AppSec leaders, and the White House.

Chris Romeo, AppSec expert and CEO of Kerr Ventures, joins to talk about The Security Champions Framework and the biggest mistake organizations make with security champion programs.