Hackers of India

Building Enterprise AppSec Program

 Nish Bhalla 

2008/08/20

Abstract

All too often, security of applications is an afterthought for many organizations. In reality, a sound application security program can help to greatly reduce the risk of an attacker compromising the sensitive data flowing through your system.

In this presentation, Nish Bhalla of Security Compass describe what an application security program entails by breaking it down to an organization’s people, process and applications. The presentation will also cover how it can be of benefit, provide statistical data to show how an application security program provides cost savings to an organization’s bottom line, and demonstrates how to bake application security into an existing SDLC process by presenting a real-world case study.