The Bootstrapped Founder

196: Troy Hunt — Securing Your SaaS


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Troy Hunt (of HaveIBeenPwned fame) is a cybersecurity expert who has been around long enough to be able to give actionable and pragmatic security advice without complicating things.

In our conversation, we chat about best practices for securing your SaaS business, how to get your family to be more secure, what it means to vet your vendors, if you should build your own authentication and why passwords just won't die.

After this conversation, you will know how to adequately secure your SaaS business without having to spend thousands of dollars.

00:00:00 Troy Hunt
00:00:59 The 1 thing SaaS founders get wrong
00:05:14 Why you shouldn’t build your own authentication
00:09:17 Library update management
00:13:42 Using third-party services
00:19:08 Data breaches and security expectations
00:26:39 Browser extensions
00:31:53 What is the right amount of security?
00:37:11 Giving your customers security options
00:42:13 The Have I Been Pwned + 1Password deal
00:48:18 Password managers

The blog post: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/securing-your-saas-with-troy-hunt/
The podcast episode: https://share.transistor.fm/s/d2244c65
The video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRM-UrS440s

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This interview is sponsored by Acquire.com


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