OWASP LASCON returns to Austin, Texas, on October 23–24, 2025. With more than 800 security professionals and developers attending, the event delivers practical insight into ASPM, DevSecOps, secure development, and large-scale vulnerability management.
Modern development has changed the game. From monoliths to microservices, from on-prem setups to cloud-native pipelines. That shift brings complexity. Vulnerability management is now a noisy, tangled mess of alerts and tools. This high-impact session brings together two seasoned practitioners, Francesco Cipollone (Phoenix Security) and Nate Sanders (Bazaarvoice), to unpack what it really takes to manage vulnerabilities at scale in 2025.
Forget theory. You’ll hear practical insights from the field. What’s effective, what isn’t, and what to focus on next. Expect real-world stories, sharp insights, and a clear roadmap to managing risk in dynamic environments that span code, containers, and cloud.
• Break the chaos cycle by combining scattered data across tools and teams into one view of risk.
• Use automation and repeatable workflows to fix more vulnerabilities—faster.
• Focus on what matters most. Reachability analysis shows which flaws are exploitable, so teams don’t waste time.
• Strategies to overcome the inconsistency of vulnerability data across pipelines.
• Best practices for risk-based prioritization in containerized and serverless environments.
• How to use reachability analysis to focus on the 5% of vulnerabilities that truly matter.
• Practitioner-level stories on integrating code, cloud, and traditional infrastructure into a unified remediation workflow.
This session is tailored for CISOs, security architects, vulnerability managers, AppSec engineers, and DevSecOps leaders who are:
• Scaling security in fast-paced, cloud-native environments.
• Tired of vulnerability noise and looking for signal.
• Seeking to operationalize risk—not just identify it.
• Looking for tangible tactics and proven frameworks from industry leaders.
Francesco brings decades of experience from HSBC, AWS, and Phoenix Security—shaping how risk is managed from code to runtime.
Nate blends vulnerability testing, management, and mental health advocacy. His talks offer sharp, practical perspective on scaling security with intention.
Event snapshot:
🗓️ Date: October 23, 2025.
📍Location: Norris Conference Centers, Austin, Texas.
🕒 Format: 45-minute talk.
🙋♂️ Who Should Attend? Security Engineers, CISOs, DevOps Teams, Developers, Application Security Professionals.
Join Francesco Cipollone and Nate Sanders for one of LASCON’s most anticipated sessions—packed with real-world vulnerability management use cases, live Q&A, and tactical insights your team can apply immediately.
And don’t miss us at the Phoenix Security booth. We’re hosting an exclusive meet-up with Bazaarvoice, complete with drinks and candid conversations on scaling DevSecOps and reaching meaningful AppSec outcomes. Stay tuned for more.
Derek Fisher – Head of product security at a global fintech. Speaker, instructor, and author in application security.
Derek is an award winning author of a children’s book series in cybersecurity as well as the author of “The Application Security Handbook.” He is a university instructor at Temple University where he teaches software development security to undergraduate and graduate students. He is a speaker on topics in the cybersecurity space and has led teams, large and small, at organizations in the healthcare and financial industries. He has built and matured information security teams as well as implemented organizational information security strategies to reduce the organizations risk.
Derek got his start in the hardware engineering space where he learned about designing circuits and building assemblies for commercial and military applications. He later pursued a computer science degree in order to advance a career in software development. This is where Derek was introduced to cybersecurity and soon caught the bug. He found a mentor to help him grow in cybersecurity and then pursued a graduate degree in the subject.
Since then Derek has worked in the product security space as an architect and leader. He has led teams to deliver more secure software in organizations from multiple industries. His focus has been to raise the security awareness of the engineering organization while maintaining a practice of secure code development, delivery, and operations.
In his role, Jeevan handles a range of tasks, from architecting security solutions to collaborating with Engineering Leadership to address security vulnerabilities at scale and embed security into the fabric of the organization.
Jeevan Singh is the Director of Security Engineering at Rippling, with a background spanning various Engineering and Security leadership roles over the course of his career. He’s dedicated to the integration of security practices into software development, working to create a security-aware culture within organizations and imparting security best practices to the team.
In his role, Jeevan handles a range of tasks, from architecting security solutions to collaborating with Engineering Leadership to address security vulnerabilities at scale and embed security into the fabric of the organization.
James Berthoty has over ten years of experience across product and security domains. He founded Latio Tech to help companies find the right security tools for their needs without vendor bias.
Chris Romeo is a leading voice and thinker in application security, threat modeling, and security champions and the CEO of Devici and General Partner at Kerr Ventures. Chris hosts the award-winning “Application Security Podcast,” “The Security Table,” and “The Threat Modeling Podcast” and is a highly rated industry speaker and trainer, featured at the RSA Conference, the AppSec Village @ DefCon, OWASP Global AppSec, ISC2 Security Congress, InfoSec World and All Day DevOps. Chris founded Security Journey, a security education company, leading to an exit in 2022. Chris was the Chief Security Advocate at Cisco, spreading security knowledge through education and champion programs. Chris has twenty-six years of security experience, holding positions across the gamut, including application security, security engineering, incident response, and various Executive roles. Chris holds the CISSP and CSSLP certifications.
Jim Manico is the founder of Manicode Security, where he trains software developers on secure coding and security engineering. Jim is also the founder of Brakeman Security, Inc. and an investor/advisor for Signal Sciences. He is the author of Iron-Clad Java: Building Secure Web Applications (McGraw-Hill), a frequent speaker on secure software practices, and a member of the JavaOne Rockstar speaker community. Jim is also a volunteer for and former board member of the OWASP foundation.
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