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Kalyani Pawar -- Shaping AppSec at Startups

Kalyani Pawar -- Shaping AppSec at Startups

Update: 2025-02-04
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Kalyani Pawar shares critical strategies for integrating security early and effectively in AppSec for startups. She recommends that startups begin focusing on AppSec around the 30-employee mark, with an ideal ratio of one AppSec professional per 10 engineers as the company grows. Pawar emphasizes the importance of building a security culture through "culture as code" - implementing automated guardrails and checkpoints that make security an integral part of the development process. She advises startups to prioritize visibility into their systems, conduct pentests, develop thoughtful policies, and carefully vet third-party tools and open-source solutions. Ultimately, Pawar's approach is about making security a collaborative, integrated effort that doesn't impede innovation but instead supports the startup's long-term success and safety.

Kalyani’s Book recommendation: 

The Alignment Problem by Brian Christian 


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Kalyani Pawar -- Shaping AppSec at Startups

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