Tribe of Hackers

60Astha Singhal

“For me, regularly thinking through and writing down my top personal commitments helps me not overcommit and make sure I am consistently giving my best to whatever I commit to.”

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Astha Singhal leads the application security team at Netflix that secures all the applications in Netflix’s cloud infrastructure. Prior to this, she managed the AppExchange security review on Salesforce product security. She is a security engineer by qualification who is passionate about proactive security and developer enablement. She is also an active member of the Bay Area security community as an organizer of conferences like AppSec USA and BSidesSF.

If there is one myth that you could debunk in cybersecurity, what would it be?

The biggest myth I think there is in cybersecurity is that it’s this unique thing that only a handful of people who have this undefinable skill set can do, but that’s really not true. There are so many different roles in security, and we need lots of help.

What is one of the biggest bang-for-the-buck actions that an organization can take to improve its cybersecurity posture?

Knowing what assets you have in your environment is really important to be able to figure out what your risk is and how to prioritize security work.

How is it that cybersecurity spending is increasing but breaches ...