Best Munawar Podcasts (2024)

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Munawar Rana's "Muhajir Nama" Safar with Sadaf Farooqui 19:09

6h ago19:09

19:09

"Mohajir Namma" by Munawwar Rana is a poignant poem that delves into the emotions and experiences of emigrants. The poem captures the sense of displacement, longing, and the search for identity that many emigrants face. The poet articulates the pain of being away from one's homeland, expressing the deep sense of loss and nostalgia that accompanies …

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EP 60 - Appian’s Abdullah Munawar on Enhancing Product Security Amid Evolving Development Trends 21:05

2M ago21:05

21:05

In this episode of the Future of Application Security podcast, Harshil speaks with Abdullah Munawar, Director of Product Security at Appian. Abdullah shares valuable insights into his journey from security assessments and consulting to leading product security efforts, discussing the evolving challenges and strategies for building effective securit…

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EP 59 - Nat Mokry on Advancing Application Security in the Gaming Industry 26:55

3M ago26:55

26:55

In our latest episode of the Future of Application Security podcast, Nat Mokry, VP of Application & Product Security at Xbox (formerly of Activision Blizzard at the time of recording), shares valuable insights into the world of application security, from the mission of defending player trust to emphasizing the importance of technical skills in cybe…

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EP 58 — Asana's Felix Matenaar on Building Resilient Security Practices for the Future 32:45

3M ago32:45

32:45

In this episode of the Future of Application Security podcast, Harshil interviews Felix Matenaar, Head of Product Security at Asana. Felix shares insights into his journey from Germany to Silicon Valley, where he transitioned from mobile security to leading Asana's product security efforts. The conversation highlights Felix's experience in creating…

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EP 57 — Clari's Steve Lukose on Using SLAs as Benchmarks for Businesses 27:05

4M ago27:05

27:05

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Steve Lukose, Vice President of Security at Clari, about how security is becoming a business enabler rather than just an organization. Steve explains why SLAs will become one of the benchmarks for security experts to use, but that it won’t necessarily be for all aspects of s…

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Baba Bulleh Shah Biography & Legacy Safar With Sadaf Farooqui 28:56

5M ago28:56

28:56

Baba Bulleh Shah‘s real name was Abdullah Shah, was a Punjabi Muslim Sufi poet, humanist, and philosopher.By Sadaffarooqui

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EP 56 — Aruneesh Salhotra on Why Security is Everyone’s Job 24:49

5M ago24:49

24:49

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Aruneesh Salhotra, CEO and Fractional CISO, SNM Consulting Inc. They discuss the unique challenges and opportunities of application security in the financial sector, including how the "necessary evil" of regulations is increasing accountability around security efforts. They …

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EP 55 — BlackBerry's Christine Gadsby on What's Driving Software Supplier Transparency and Accountability 26:21

5M ago26:21

26:21

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Christine Gadsby, VP, Product Security at BlackBerry, a software company specializing in cybersecurity. They discuss the new initiatives driving software transparency, like SBOMs and VEX, and how adoption will not only come from regulations but from companies holding their s…

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EP 54 — LPL Financial's Chad Girouard on Improving Application Security Through Better Tools and Relationships 23:43

6M ago23:43

23:43

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Chad Girouard, AVP Application Security at LPL Financial, a provider of investment and business solutions. They discuss how security teams can better engage with developers, and how they can encourage secure coding through scanning tools and security champion programs. They …

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EP 53 — ReversingLabs's Dave Ferguson on Securing Your Software Supply Chains 24:24

6M ago24:24

24:24

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Dave Ferguson, Director of Technical Product Management, Software Supply Chain Security at ReversingLabs, which offers software supply chain security analysis platform. They discuss the rising need for software supply chain security as a result of the complexities around how…

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EP 52 — Gen’s Curtis Koenig on Speaking the Language of Why Security Matters 27:28

7M ago27:28

27:28

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Curtis Koenig, Head of Application Security at Gen, a multinational software company that provides cybersecurity software and services. They discuss why it's key to be able to articulate why security matters and how it impacts business goals, and what Curtis has learned abou…

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EP 51 — Ping Identity’s Arthur Loris on How to Tell Better Stories About Your Product Security Success 27:10

8M ago27:10

27:10

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Arthur Loris, Senior Manager, Product Security at Ping Identity, a company that provides self-hosted identity access management (IAM) solutions. They discuss what product security constitutes at Ping Identity, the biggest challenge to great product security, and how security…

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EP 50 — DryRun Security’s James Wickett on Aligning Incentives and Speaking the Same Language with Developers and Security 31:08

8M ago31:08

31:08

In this special episode of the Future of Application Security, recorded at the Developers & Security are Friends Day, Eric speaks with James Wickett, co-founder and CEO of DryRun Security, a company that provides security products for developers. They discuss the misaligned incentives between developers and security and how teams can learn how to s…

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EP 49 — Semgrep’s Colleen Dai on Building Security Strategies and Relationships with Other Teams 20:14

9M ago20:14

20:14

In this special episode of the Future of Application Security, recorded at the Developers & Security are Friends Day, Eric speaks with Colleen Dai, Senior Security Researcher at Semgrep, an open source static analysis tool. They discuss strategies security teams can take to reduce false positives, use secure defaults to eliminate bug classes, and r…

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EP 48 — Chaotic Good’s Johnathan Kuskos on Testing for Functionality, Priorities, and Better Incident Response 31:10

9M ago31:10

31:10

In this special episode of the Future of Application Security, recorded at the Developers & Security are Friends Day, Eric speaks with Johnathan Kuskos, Founder of Chaotic Good Information Security, a boutique professional services company. They discuss what it's like to be a pen tester, some of the unusual things found during testing, and how the …

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Noha نوحہ Safar with Sadaf Farooqui 1:40

9M ago1:40

1:40

By Sadaffarooqui

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EP 47 — Manicode Security’s Jim Manico on Addressing OWASP Top Ten Issues Through Better Security and Developer Partnerships 26:38

9M ago26:38

26:38

In this special episode of the Future of Application Security, recorded at the Developers & Security are Friends Day, Eric speaks with Jim Manico, Founder and CEO of Manicode Security, a secure coding education firm. They discuss the various challenges around certain items on the OWASP Top Ten list, including server side request forgery and access …

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Butterfly’s Burden: Column by Asma Shirazi Safar with Sadaf Farooqui 8:44

10M ago8:44

8:44

Butterfly's Burden: Column by Asma ShiraziBy Sadaffarooqui

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EP 46 — TuSimple’s Madjid Nakhjiri on the Evolving Need for Automotive Cybersecurity 24:03

10M ago24:03

24:03

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Madjid Nakhjiri, Head of Product Security and Lead Security Architect at TuSimple, a global autonomous driving technology company. They discuss the current landscape of automotive security today, why the industry is expanding its safety initiatives to cyber security initiati…

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EP 45 — Toast’s David Kosorok on Leading Application Security with Collaboration, Empathy, and Good Data 33:55

11M ago33:55

33:55

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with David Kosorok, Director of AppSec at Toast, a restaurant point of sale and management system. They discuss how to build an application security program from the ground up by prioritizing initiatives, establishing security champions, and bringing in great people — and why gat…

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EP 44 — Workrise’s Tim Kelly on How to Build a Data-Driven Application Security Program 24:06

11M ago24:06

24:06

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Tim Kelly, Director, Security Engineering at Workrise, a technology company with a platform that supports the energy workforce. They discuss the importance of collecting, storing, and analyzing data in order to enhance application security efforts, and how to go about buildi…

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EP 43 — Avalara’s Derek Samford on Building a Security Culture with Data, Collaboration, Education, and Empathy 35:56

12M ago35:56

35:56

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Derek Samford, Senior Director of Product Security at Avalara, a company that builds cloud-based tax compliance solutions. They discuss Derek's approach to product security, including how his team uses data to drive visibility, how feedback loops can build maturity, and how …

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EP 42 — Snowflake’s Jacob Salassi on the Science of Product Security 38:00

12M ago38:00

38:00

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Jacob Salassi, Director, Product Security at Snowflake, a cloud computing and data management company. They discuss how Snowflake approaches product security — from what they expect engineers and developers to do, to their risk-based reporting — and why Jacob takes a scienti…

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EP 41 — SAP’s Helen Oakley on Protecting Human Well-Being by Securing Software Supply Chains 26:07

1y ago26:07

26:07

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Helen Oakley, Lead Architect for Software Supply Chain Security at SAP, which develops enterprise software for business operations. They discuss the need for software supply chain security, especially considering how much of software is open source today, and what the curren…

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EP 40 — Steve Springett on Solving Software Supply Chain Security and SBOM Challenges 33:58

1y ago33:58

33:58

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Steve Springett. They discuss the broad definition of what software supply chain security is, the implementation of SBOMs after the White House's Executive Order, and how organizations can effectively adopt, operationalize, and use SBOMs. They also discuss the biggest driver…

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EP 39 — A Modernized and Scalable Approach to Product Security with Origami Risk’s Prajakta Badhe 28:20

1y ago28:20

28:20

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Prajakta Badhe, Head of Product Security at Origami Risk, which provides risk software to the insurance industry. They discuss how product security is different from application security, the ways in which Prajakta evaluates a product’s risk, and why she always gives context…

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EP 38 — Avalara’s Anthony Ungerman on the Imperative for Security-Minded Organizations 29:34

1y ago29:34

29:34

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Anthony Ungerman, VP Product Security at Avalara, a tax software company. They discuss what product security encompasses beyond application security, how the security team at Avalara works with engineers, and how they articulate business value to increase security implementa…

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EP 37 — Choosing AppSec Priorities: Software Supply Chain, Code-to-Cloud Business Context and Metrics 55:51

1y ago55:51

55:51

Tanya Janca, Founder of We Hack Purple, and Eric Sheridan, Chief Innovation Officer at Tromzo, join us for a special episode of the Future of Application Security Podcast. This episode was originally recorded as a LinkedIn Live on June 25, 2023. Tanya and Eric discuss how understanding the context in which applications operate is crucial for effect…

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EP 36 — Highspot’s Joe Basirico on How to Build Security by Buildng Trust 30:58

1y ago30:58

30:58

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Joe Basirico, Senior Director of Product Security at Highspot, a sales enablement platform. They discuss how product security's evolution has increased its focus on relationships and trust-building, why security is like fixing a leaky faucet, and how to prioritize for more e…

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EP 35 — Streamlining and Accelerating Your Product Security with iHerb’s Mike de Libero 25:21

1y ago25:21

25:21

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Mike de Libero, Director of Product Security at iHerb, an online health and wellness shop. They discuss the ways in which automation helps lighten the workload and creates more consistency, when you need to hire someone for security automation, and what to look for when scal…

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EP 34 — The Future of AppSec: People, Processes, and Progress with Coalfire’s Warren Kopp 30:00

1y ago30:00

30:00

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Warren Kopp, Application Security Consultant at Coalfire, a cybersecurity advisor. Together they discuss how better application security involves building relationships with the people behind the processes, and why skills like communication, collaboration, and an understandi…

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EP 33 — Democratizing Security and Implementing Change with Twilio’s Ariel Shin 39:36

1y ago39:36

39:36

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Ariel Shin, Senior Product Security Engineer at Twilio, a company that provides businesses the tools to connect with customers through automated messaging. Ariel shares the story of how she implemented a democratized, centralized vulnerability management program at Twilio, w…

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EP 32 — Leading with Context - Where Institutional Knowledge Cannot Scale 30:04

1y ago30:04

30:04

In the ever-evolving landscape of application security, organizations face the challenge of effectively scaling and growing their AppSec programs. On this episode of the Future of Application Security podcast, Harshil Parikh interviews Ty Sbano, the CISO of Vercel, who brings years of experience and expertise in the field of cybersecurity. During t…

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EP 31 — Cloudflare’s Sri Pulla on Building Collaboration and Synergies for Better Product Security 24:55

1y ago24:55

24:55

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Sri Pulla, Director, Application Security at Cloudflare, a company that wants to "build a better internet" through its cloud platform of network services. They discuss how Cloudflare protects its products, uses risk scoring for prioritization and decision making, and why the…

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مناجات؍روُمی ”Manajat” From Maulana Rumi’s Masnavi in Urdu Safar With Sadaf Farooqui 16:46

1y ago16:46

16:46

مناجات؍روُمی "Manajat" From Maulana Rumi's Masnavi in Urdu Safar With Sadaf Farooqui The Masnavi, also known as the Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi, is an extensive poem written in Persian by Jalal al-Din Muhammad Balkhi, commonly known as Rumi. It is considered one of the most important works of Sufism, a mystical branch of Islam. The Masnavi is highly regarde…

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EP 30 — C.H. Robsinson’s Jason Espone on Building Business Resiliency Through Application Security 32:10

1y ago32:10

32:10

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Jason Espone, Global Head — Application Security Engineering | Cybersecurity at C.H. Robinson, the world’s most powerful logistics platform allowing customers to ship goods around the world. They discuss the challenges of addressing tech debt at a 117-year-old company, strat…

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EP 29 — A Conversation on the State of AppSec with Reddit’s Matt Johansen and Semgrep’s Clint Gibler 37:28

1y ago37:28

37:28

In this special edition of the Future of Application Security podcast, Harshil speaks with Matt Johansen, Principal Security Architect at Reddit, a community and content-sharing site, and Clint Gibler, Head of Security Research at Semgrep, an open source static analysis tool. Together they discuss how the world of AppSec has changed, including the …

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EP 28 — Injecting Better Security into Products and Processes with Dremio’s Emre Saglam 37:00

1+ y ago37:00

37:00

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Emre Saglam, Head of Security and Compliance at Dremio, a data lakehouse that empowers data engineers and analysts with easy-to-use self-service SQL analytics. They discuss the current state of AppSec, including how to improve security by prioritizing business implications, …

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EP 27 — Mohit Kalra: How Sprinklr Scales Product Security 36:40

1+ y ago36:40

36:40

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Mohit Kalra, Vice President of Product Security at Sprinklr, a platform that enables the world's largest enterprises to market, advertise, research, care, and engage consumers. Together, they take a look at the overall management of product security in a SaaS organization th…

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EP 26 — Derek Fisher: How Envestnet Scales Product Security 38:45

1+ y ago38:45

38:45

In this episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks with Derek Fisher, the Head of Product Security at Envestnet, a publicly traded financial technology company that connects people's daily financial decisions with their long-term financial goals. Derek is a highly accomplished professional with an exceptional track record in engi…

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EP 25 — Navigating the Complex World of Software Supply Chain Security with Schneider Electric’s Cassie Crossley 39:23

1+ y ago39:23

39:23

In this podcast episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil speaks to Cassie Crossley, VP of Supply Chain Security at Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management and automation, Cassie is responsible for overseeing the cybersecurity strategy and ensuring the security of the company's products and services. With a wealth …

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EP 24 — Innovating Application Security with Industry Expert Eric Sheridan 29:23

1+ y ago29:23

29:23

In this special episode of the Future of Application Security, Harshil interviews Eric Sheridan, Tromzo’s recently appointed Chief Innovation Officer. Eric shares his 20-year journey in security, from his teenage encounter with Punters (little apps that would flood the target with AIM messages and knock them offline) to developing innovative securi…

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Ep 23 — Martin Nystrom: How Lumen Scales Product Security 30:53

1+ y ago30:53

30:53

In this episode, Harshil is joined by Martin Nystrom, Vice President Of Product Security at Lumen. Lumen is the world’s largest provider of communications, network services, and cloud security solutions. The Lumen platform enables companies to capitalize on emerging technologies and next-gen business applications, offering simplified security solut…

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”Agar Kabhi Meri Yad Aye” Amjad Islam Amjad - A Column by Ammar Masood - Safar With Sadaf Farooqui 13:52

1+ y ago13:52

13:52

"Agar Kabhi Meri Yad Aye" Amjad Islam Amjad A Column by Ammar Masood Safar With Sadaf FarooquiBy Sadaffarooqui

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Ep 22 — How to Find the Right Balance Between Compliance and Security with KnowBe4’s Senior Director of Product Security, Bradley Petzer 28:21

1+ y ago28:21

28:21

KnowBe4 is the world's largest integrated Security Awareness Training and Simulated Phishing platform. KnowBe4’s training program is designed to help organizations address their most pressing IT security issues. With proper security awareness training, teams are able to make better security decisions, and help build a strong security culture within…

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Feminism, Women Empowerment Safar With Sadaf Farooqui 26:19

1+ y ago26:19

26:19

Feminism, Women Empowerment Safar With Sadaf Farooqui "Tehreek-E-Pakistan Ki Mujahida" - Noor-us-Sabah Begum Movements, Feminism, Women Empowerment “You don’t know the background story of resilience, struggles and strength of beautiful and outgoing women. All you see is what is showcased.” ― Germany Kent…

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EP 21 — Red Hat’s Emmy Eide on How To Build A Strong Software Supply Chain Security Program 30:30

1+ y ago30:30

30:30

In this episode, Harshil chats with Emmy Eide, Director of Product Security at Red Hat, a leading provider of open source software solutions that enable enterprises to seamlessly work across various platforms and environments. Emmy shares how she came to lead the team handling software supply chain security at Red Hat, and gives us a look into what…

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Noor-Us-Sabah Begum Safar With Sadaf Farooqui 25:58

1+ y ago25:58

25:58

"Tehreek-E-Pakistan Key Mujahida" - Noor-us-Sabah Begum Movements, Feminism, Women Empowerment “You don’t know the background story of resilience, struggles and strength of beautiful and outgoing women. All you see is what is showcased.” ― Germany KentBy Sadaffarooqui

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EP 20 — Naomi Buckwalter: Closing the Demand Gap in Cybersecurity and Building Diverse Teams 35:56

1+ y ago35:56

35:56

In this episode, Harshil is joined by Naomi Buckwalter, Director of Product Security at Contrast Security. Contrast Security is an application security platform that helps developers and security teams write secure code and protects business applications against targeted cybersecurity attacks. The Contrast platform is able to effectively identify a…