Navigating Cybersecurity: From Code to Compliance

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This chapter explores the professional journeys of two speakers in technology and cybersecurity, focusing on their transition to API security and the creation of Hound Dog AI. They discuss the proactive prevention of PII leaks, the need for smarter data tracking within codebases, and the challenges of ensuring compliance with regulations like GDPR. Employing a blend of static analysis and AI, they highlight how their platform aims to revolutionize data security during the software development lifecycle.

Traditionally, security checks and testing are performed towards the end of the software development lifecycle. However, discovering vulnerabilities at that stage can be costly and time-consuming.

This observation has led to the shift-left movement, which advocates for implementing security testing earlier in the software development process.

HoundDog AI is a startup focused on software to enable shift-left security practices. Amjad Afanah and Sudipta Mukherjee are Co-Founders of HoundDog, and they join the show to talk about their company.

Gregor Vand is a security-focused technologist, and is the founder and CTO of Mailpass. Previously, Gregor was a CTO across cybersecurity, cyber insurance and general software engineering companies. He has been based in Asia Pacific for almost a decade and can be found via his profile at vand.hk.