Kelly Shortridge

Kelly Shortridge, Senior Principal Engineer at Fastly, discusses the concept of Security Chaos Engineering and its intersection with cloud security. She talks about how chaos engineering can improve software resilience and security alerting. Kelly shares her favorite chaos engineering experiment and how it can break organizations out of their 1990s thinking. The podcast also explores the importance of understanding threat models, iterative approaches to software resilience, and learning from failures.

Kelly Shortridge, a security expert and author of a book on security chaos engineering, delves into the CrowdStrike incident that created global tech turmoil. They dissect the implications of flawed software updates, emphasizing the need for robust cybersecurity practices. The conversation explores the divide between software and traditional engineering, advocating for better integration in security measures. Shortridge also highlights the significance of kernel-level access for security tools and the need for collaboration between software engineers and security teams to tackle emerging threats.