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Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast Co-founder and CTO Jeff Williams | 11/18

By Jeff Williams, Founder, Chief Technology Officer

November 18, 2022

Insight #1

"Feds continue to push aggressive timelines for requiring app/API security “attestations” from software vendors.  OMB 22-18 is the latest and it requires all software vendors to publish a statement disclosing how they ensure their applications are secure by October 2023."
 

Insight #2

"Organizations are running into challenges deploying SBOMs as they discover that what’s in their code repos doesn’t match what’s in their running applications.  Focusing on libraries that actually load into memory and execute in production is the key to solving this problem."
 

Insight #3

"Did you know that an executable open source library in a binary repository like Maven Central doesn’t have to match the source code in a source code repository like GitHub?  There aren’t any checks and it could be completely different… just thought you should know 😊"
Thought Leaders
Jeff Williams, Founder, Chief Technology Officer

Jeff Williams, Founder, Chief Technology Officer

Jeff Williams is the founder and Chief Technology Officer of Contrast Security. He is also a founder and major contributor to OWASP, where he served as Global Chairman for 9 years and created the OWASP Top 10, OWASP Enterprise Security API, OWASP Application Security Verification Standard, XSS Prevention Cheat Sheet, and many other popular open-source projects. Jeff is frequently quoted by reporters around the world, including the Wall Street Journal, Dark Reading, and CSO Online. Connect with him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/planetlevel/

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