20 Years of AppSec: What AI Changes, and What It Doesn't
For more than two decades, application security has evolved through secure coding, SAST, DAST, DevSecOps, and Shift Left. AI may represent a more fundamental change, because both software creation and attacks can now operate at machine speed. Ed Adams shares a perspective built from more than 20 years in application security.
- ✓ Why, after two decades of AppSec investment, do the same fundamental classes of vulnerabilities continue reaching production?
- ✓ Which assumptions behind Shift Left, secure SDLC, and traditional security testing start breaking in the AI era?
- ✓ What happens when developers and attackers both operate at machine speed, and how should the AppSec program evolve?
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Thursday, October 8, 2026. 9:00 PM IST / 11:30 AM ET / 7:30 PM GST. The joining link is sent to your email once you register.
Who you will be hearing from
Ed Adams
Led Security Innovation as CEO for over 20 years, building it into a leading application security training and services firm. Ponemon Institute Research Fellow and author of See Yourself in Cyber: Security Careers Beyond Hacking. Has presented at RSA Conference, InfoSec World, and hundreds of industry events on risk-based approaches to securing software.
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