Mission

At Appsec Phoenix our mission is Making Software security Smart and accessible to everyone in an organizations 

 

The reason behind this mission comes from the frustration in application security and complexity in communication between business and developers. 

Developers want a list of task to deliver security.

Security wants to scale but does not often have the resources to do so. The business wants to deliver features. 

 

All of them need to be around the same table to progress harmoniously and have the same set of data to decide upon. 

But is never like that, security screams to solve issues, the business screams for more features and developers are caught in the middle.

 

We are here to bring harmony to the discussion.

We started this journey to make life easy for everyone in the business accelerating the speed of development and decision making and removing frustration and friction

 

 

Our Guiding Principles

CF – Customer First

Customer view comes before everything. Serving customers is key. Making the customer feel valuable and valued. 

 

IO – Ideas Backed by Ownership

take ideas into action, own the ideas and showcase 

 

EF – Execution First

Focus on execution, ideas without a plan and a roadmap are just thoughts 

 

IF – Inclusion and Fairness

Everyone should have the equal opportunity  

 

ODC – Open Doors Communication  

When something does not work speak up 

 

BL – Be a Leader

Inspire, mentor and be a role model for others

 

 

BB – Have a Backbone

When you believe something is right disagree and back the argument with data and communicate clearly action and a plan

 

DF – Data First

AppSec Phoenix is a data company and we encourage documentation of argument and backing them up with data 

 

LBC – Learn and Be Curious 

Carve out time to learn and explore

Jeevan Singh

Founder of Manicode Security

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

Founder of Latio Tech

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.

Christophe Parisel

Senior Cloud Security Architect

Senior Cloud Security Architect

Chris Romeo

Co-Founder
Security Journey

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

Founder of Manicode Security

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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