Node.js Secure Coding – Oliver Tavakoli, Chris Thomas, Liran Tal – ASW #286

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1. Node.js Secure Coding – Liran Tal – ASW #286

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Liran Tal
Developer Advocate at Snyk

Liran Tal is an award-winning software developer, security researcher, and open-source champion in the JavaScript community. He’s an internationally recognized GitHub Star, acknowledged for his open-source advocacy, and has received the OpenJS Foundation’s Pathfinder for Security for his work on Node.js security. His contributions to developer security education include leading OWASP projects, building supply chain security tools, participating in CNCF and OpenSSF initiatives, and authoring books such as O’Reilly’s Serverless Security. He leads the developer advocacy team at Snyk.io and is on a mission to empower developers with better application security skills.

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Tech Lead at Block
AVP Application Security at PRA Group

2. Unpacking XDR & Business Applications – Chris Thomas, Oliver Tavakoli – ASW #286

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AlgoSecVectra AI

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Chris Thomas
Chief Revenue Officer at AlgoSec Inc.

Chris Thomas brings over 25 years of technology sales, partnerships and executive management experience. He has been part of the executive management teams which led four venture-backed companies to three successful acquisitions (Kontiki, Deja, Vidyo) and one $1.2B IPO (Intralinks).
Most recently, Chris was SVP, Worldwide Sales for Vidyo, an enterprise-grade unified communications platform for businesses and developers. Over a 10-year period Chris was responsible for Vidyo’s accelerated growth, Channel and Partners strategy and execution, and led Vidyo’s move to the cloud. Chris was also responsible for a vertical sales strategy and global expansion which led to Vidyo’s acquisition.
Prior to Vidyo, he was SVP of Worldwide Business Development at Intralinks, SVP Worldwide at Deja, President & CEO at Summitworks Technology, an IT solutions provider. Chris also held senior sales positions at Kontiki, Ziff Davis and IDG. He holds a BA in English with a minor in Business from The Catholic University of America.

Oliver Tavakoli
Chief Technology Officer at Vectra AI

Oliver Tavakoli is chief technology officer at Vectra AI. He sets the technical strategy for the company. Oliver has overseen the adoption of technology in cybersecurity for over 25 years, the last ten of which have been at Vectra AI. Prior to Vectra, Oliver was the CTO for the security business of Juniper Networks. He joined Juniper as a result of its acquisition of Funk Software, where Oliver was the CTO. Earlier in his career, Oliver worked at IBM, Fluent Machines, and Novell Inc and founded Trilogy Inc, which was acquired by Funk Software.

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Principal Researcher at The Defenders Initiative
Chief Product Officer at CyberSaint