Keynote – The Abridged History of Application Security – Jim Manico – NDC Security 2022
Application Security began in the early ’60s, where plaintext password storage, no password policy, poor access control, and other massive security problems were the norm.
This talk with review the history of application security to help illustrate not just how much application security has gotten better, but also how the rate of positive change has been getting better as well. This fun ride through the history of application security will help inspire those who work in the very stressful security industry. Security professionals are often looking closely at failure and insecurity as part of their work, which can be exhausting on many levels. But when we step back and look at our sector historically, we can all see just how much things genuinely are getting better.