Veracode Hackathon IX

It’s the semiannual Veracode hackathon, so I’m behind on blogging. Again. It’s that most wonderful time of the year—no, that other one. My company Veracode is hosting its ninth Hackathon this week, and it’s been interesting. The theme is 90s Internet Hackers, or as we say in my house, “Saturday.” Seriously: putting together the radio station … Continue reading “Veracode Hackathon IX”

Veracode is hiring

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to work at an amazing company in the security space, wonder no more. Veracode is growing, and we’ve got quite a few openings in sales, engineering, QA, research, and even (particularly) in product management. If you’ve read my posts about security and product management, if you’ve … Continue reading “Veracode is hiring”

Veracode: Cool Vendor

Quick pointers to a few awards Veracode has won recently: Readers Choice Award, Information Security Magazine and SearchSecurity.com Gartner Cool Vendor Award, Application Security and Authentication category It’s great for Veracode to get this kind of recognition. I’m really proud to work at a company that can make a difference to how companies address application … Continue reading “Veracode: Cool Vendor”

Exfiltration Radio: Wanna be your cover

It’s a Veracode Hackathon time, so it’s time for some Exfiltration Radio! And this time around we are feeling purple! Show notes below. I was talking about Sheryl Crow for some reason at the office recently, and casually mentioned the Prince cover of “Everyday is a Winding Road,” and they said, What? And I said, … Continue reading “Exfiltration Radio: Wanna be your cover”

Exfiltration Radio: say what you mean

With great Veracode hackathons come more Exfiltration Radio episodes. This time around, I have a playlist of indie/alternative/etc. rock with female voices that I’ve been building for a few years. Only I didn’t realize it. The original version of this playlist had basically the same intro as the final version but segued into a hip-hop … Continue reading “Exfiltration Radio: say what you mean”

New mix: Exfiltration Radio, Cooking With Fat

It’s a Veracode Hackathon, so it must be time for an Exfiltration Radio playlist! This time, naturally, the musical choices were influenced by all the Miles-related jazz I’ve been writing about over the last few months, as well as an unlikely source: my Apple Music library maintenance. So, when you source your library from iTunes … Continue reading “New mix: Exfiltration Radio, Cooking With Fat”

New mix: Exfiltration radio 12, Musical Piracy

Next week would have been Veracode’s Hackathon, during which we do a lot of crazy things, including run a volunteer company Internet radio station. I’ve made a bunch of one-hour-long mixes over the last few years for this effort, and was looking forward to playing along loosely with the Hackathon theme (pirates!) this time, starting … Continue reading “New mix: Exfiltration radio 12, Musical Piracy”

New mix: Exfiltration Radio: The Mighty Hammond

It’s another Hackathon at Veracode, and time for another playlist. This time around we get an hour of jazz and jazz-adjacent Hammond organ, for your ass. This is not your ballpark organ music, he said, glaring sternly at the interrogator; it’s something that should be deep in your soul. There’s lots of Jimmy Smith on … Continue reading “New mix: Exfiltration Radio: The Mighty Hammond”

Dipping into the Brubeck discography

I’ve been a fan of Dave Brubeck’s jazz since I first listened to my parents’ copy of Dave Brubeck’s Greatest Hits, which is how I discovered “Take Five” and “Blue Rondo A La Turk.” Since then I picked up many of the great man’s recordings (including A Dave Brubeck Christmas, which I reviewed for Blogcritics back in … Continue reading “Dipping into the Brubeck discography”

Exfiltration Radio

We just finished another Veracode Hackathon, and this one was rock and roll themed. One of our brilliant hackers put together an Internet radio station where you could sign up for a one-hour time slot and post a playlist. Naturally, this was catnip. I spent a few hours putting together two playlists, which I’ve embedded below—one … Continue reading “Exfiltration Radio”

What I’ve been up to

I keep missing blogging days, but not because things aren’t busy. Here’s a roundup of places where I’ve been talking in the press and other stuff for the past few months: On the Veracode blog:  Regulations like FS-ISAC and PCI are now looking at the security of open source components, are you ready?. Plus a … Continue reading “What I’ve been up to”

Recent writing elsewhere

I’ve written a series of blog posts on the Veracode blog about application security. Check them out, if that sort of thing floats your boat, or if you just want to see what’s up in my professional life. Note that I don’t generally write my own headlines, so I don’t claim responsibility for clickbaityness or … Continue reading “Recent writing elsewhere”