Kiril Seksenov is the Senior Director of Product Management here at Salesforce. In this episode, Kiril discusses Lightning Web Security (LWS), our next-generation security architecture, which will eventually replace the current Lightning Locker service. Find out what that means for you as developers and how we're keeping JavaScript secure using standards. 

Kiril previously worked at Microsoft. Wanting to move up the stack and start building on the platform he had been helping develop over the past seven years, Kiril started exploring roles and found an amazing opportunity at Salesforce. Tune in to hear how Salesforce is leveraging web standards to create a faster and more secure web experience.

Show Highlights:

 

• The elevator pitch for Lightning Web Security
• How the Locker service pushed this evolution
• Challenges in the Lightning component framework
• Ensuring components are isolated in sandbox
• The notion of distortions on top of existing APIs
• Isolating code execution through JavaScript sandboxes
• Considerations for enabling Lightning Web Security
• How enabling LWS makes components run faster

 

Links:

• Kiril on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiril-seksenov-61047854/
• Kiril on Twitter: https://twitter.com/k_seks
• Kiril on Github: https://github.com/seksenov