Shifting Product Security from FORCEFUL to RESOURCEFUL

This presentation will open the very first Product Security Operations Forum by reflecting on the unique challenges faced by Product Security organizations within modern software companies including the incredible impact that the community has on the...

This presentation will open the very first Product Security Operations Forum by reflecting on the unique challenges faced by Product Security organizations within modern software companies including the incredible impact that the community has on the industry.

Additionally, we will give an overview of the regulatory climate that is driving attack surface reduction and resulting in consumer demand for higher quality risk management within the software supply chain.

Speaker:

Christine Gadsby is the Head of Product Security Operations Team. This highly respected team is responsible for building and maintaining BlackBerry Secure software. Gadsby played a critical role in creating BlackBerry’s 30-day Android patching strategy, Customer Advisory program, and leads BlackBerry's open source software vulnerability management strategy. She has presented security response strategies to high assurance governments including the NSA, CESG, CSE and GCHQ, as well as several enterprise organizations. She has contributed to publications such as CSO magazine and Dark Reading and has spoken as an industry expert at several security industry conferences including Black Hat, IotSF and FIRST. She sits on several boards of industry response organizations and programs.