Watch Out For Those Guardrails! – Waqas Nazir of DigitSec – Keenan Vision Podcast Episode 6, Feb 25, 2022

Keenan Vision Podcast - Produced by SalesforceDevops.net

This week on the Keenan Vision Podcast we continue our interview series with Waqas Nazir, CEO and founder of DigitSec, a leading Salesforce cybersecurity vendor (DigitSec.com).

https://www.darkreading.com/cloud/salesforce-devops-needs-guardrails

Here are the points covered by Vernon Keenan and Waqas Nazir in this interesting and lively conversation.

• Waqas shares how he was eminently practical getting into computers and engineering.
• He talks about his engineering background, which involved electrical engineering
• Then we hear about his experience at Microsoft
  • He was lucky enough to be there when Microsoft made a major pivot towards security
• Waqas continues with his story, talking about his experiences in industry
• Vern asks what a Salesforce platform owner needs to worry about in cybersecurity
• Waqas talks about how platform owners need to understand they have responsibility for security
• Vern and Waqas talk about how digital transformations drive security requirements
• Waqas talks about building threat profiles
• Vern asks about management programs for cybersecurity.
• Waqas talks about some management frameworks and principles like security design
  • Planning is key to cybersecurity success to make sure all bases are covered
• Vern asks about adoption, and Waqas talks about the range use cases
• Waqas comments on how cybersecurity integrates into devops and release management
• Vern asks about how DigitSec fits into the whole process of release management
• Waqas builds up the case for integrated solutions
  • The shift left idea comes in by adding code scans to the IDE
• They talk about how expensive it is to fix bugs later rather than earlier!’
  • Vern mentions how important it is to authenticate logins to key networks
• Vern talks about why he calls it cybersecurity and how he see DigitSec as risk management tool
• Waqas and Vern talk about the Dark Reading article about how Salesforce Devops needs Guardrails!
• Waqas talks about the cost-benefit analysis of how you can use metrics and other information to measure success
• Waqas talks about how security scanners slow people down
• Vern talks about the Dark Reading article and why people need guardrails.
• Waqas relates more about how important those guardrails are to business continuity
• Vern gets some really good advice on how to start a career in cybersecurity!