S4E21: Kelly Shortridge - Security Chaos Engineering & Resilience

Chris - For those not familiar with Security Chaos Engineering, how would you summarize it, and what made you decide to author the new book on it?

Nikki - In one of your sections of Security Chaos Engineering, you talk about what a modern security program looks like. Can you talk about what this means compared to security programs maybe 5 to 10 years ago? 

Chris - When approaching leadership, it can be tough to sell the concept of being disruptive, what advice do you have for security professionals looking to get buy-in from their leadership to introduce security chaos engineering?

Nikki - One of the hallmarks of chaos engineering is actually building resilience into development and application environments, but people here 'chaos engineering' and don't quite know what to make of it. Can you talk about how security chaos engineering can build resiliency into infrastructure?

Chris - I've cited several of your articles, such as Markets DGAF Security and others. You often take a counter-culture perspective to some of the groupthink in our industry. Why do you think we tend to rally around concepts even when the data doesn't prove them out and have your views been met with defensiveness among some who hold those views? 

Nikki - One of my favorite parts of chaos engineering is the hyptohesis-based approach and framework for building a security chaos engineering program. It may seem counter-intuitive to the 'chaos' in 'chaos engineering'. What do you think about the scientific method approach? 

Chris - Another topic I've been seeing you write and talk about is increasing the burden/cost on malicious actors to drive down their ROI. Can you touch on this topic with us?