A key part of modern appsec is communication. From interpersonal skills for fostering collaborations to presentation skills for delivering a message, the ability to tell a story and engage an audience is a skill that doesn't appear on top ten lists and that doesn't come up in secure coding checklists. Josh shares his path to becoming a presenter on technical topics, including stumbles he's made along the way and how he helps others develop their skills for slides.
Resources: - https://www.joshuakgoldberg.com/blog/how-i-apply-to-conferences
https://www.joshuakgoldberg.com/blog/how-i-apply-to-conferences-faqs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPPZ-NUnR-4&t=25743s&ab_channel=JSWORLDConference
Then in the news segment, DARPA unleashes an AI Cyber Challenge to find flaws, CISA asks for input on securing open source software and memory safety, what five years of vuln research shows for vuln management programs, siphoning security tokens from VS Code, and more!
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