Using OWASP SAMM (Software Assurance Maturity Model) to assess and improve compliance with the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is an excellent strategy, as SAMM provides a measurable framework for secure development practices that directly address the CRA's requirements (e.g., secure by design, vulnerability handling).
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Sebastien (Seba) Deleersnyder, co-founder and CTO of Toreon, combines software engineering expertise with a passion for holistic product security. After earning his Master’s in Software Engineering from the University of Ghent, with a thesis on “Hyphenation using neural networks,” he became a driving force in the security community as the founder of the Belgian OWASP chapter, a member of the OWASP Foundation Board, and co-founder of BruCON, Belgium’s annual security conference. His leadership of OWASP SAMM and his decade-long role as a highly rated Black Hat trainer have significantly impacted global software security, earning consistently outstanding feedback from participants. Currently, Seba focuses on adapting security models for DevOps and expanding awareness of AI Threat Modeling.
