Building practitioner-focused cybersecurity: nine principles for founders and product leaders

Welcome to Venture in Security! Before we begin, do me a favor and make sure you hit the “Subscribe” button. Subscriptions let me know that you care and keep me motivated to write more. Thanks folks! Thanks for supporting Venture in Security! In the past several decades, security has gone through an evolutionary loop. As a discipline, it started in communities of people who were tinkering with technology, trying to understand the fundamentals of how the code and other moving parts behave, and subverting it into doing what it wasn't designed to do. Then, came the period when security started being seen as a product problem - "what tool do I need to buy to become safe". With that shift, large vendors proclaimed that they will "keep anyone safe forever" as long as customers keep paying for their products. After a few decades of the promised safety, we have learned that it is not how security works. Fast forward to 2023, and we have solid proof that despite all the advertised magic and pro

Welcome to Venture in Security! Before we begin, do me a favor and make sure you hit the “Subscribe” button. Subscriptions let me know that you care and keep me motivated to write more. Thanks folks! In the past several decades, security has gone through an evolutionary loop. As a discipline, it started in communities of people who were tinkering with technology, trying to understand the fundamentals of how the code and other moving parts behave, and subverting it into doing what it wasn't designed to do. Then, came the period when security started being seen as a product problem - "what…

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