A globally recognized application security expert, Dan Cornell has more than 15 years of experience architecting, developing, and securing web-based software systems. As chief technology officer and principal at Denim Group, Ltd., he leads the technology team to help Fortune 500 companies and government organizations integrate security throughout the development process.
Cornell is an active member of the development community and a sought-after speaker on topics of web application security, speaking at international conferences including the RSA Security Conference, OWASP AppSec USA, and EU and Black Hat Arsenal.
Do you believe there is a massive shortage of career cybersecurity professionals?
I believe there is a shortage but that company hiring practices make the shortage worse than it has to be. We certainly need more people in the cybersecurity industry, but we also need to make better use of the people we have in the industry. Automation is crucial—how can we keep our human professionals focused on the things that only humans can do and let automation handle the other stuff in the background? We also need to better develop talent. I see too many job postings looking for ...
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