Are you interested in a career in security using Python? Would you like to stay ahead of potential vulnerabilities in your Python applications? This week on the show, James Pleger talks about Python information security, incident response, and forensics.

James has been doing information security for over fifteen years, working at some of the biggest companies, government agencies, and startups. He shares numerous Python resources to dive into detecting threats and improving your projects.

We discuss how to learn about security topics and get involved in the community. Make sure you check out the massive collection of links in the show notes this week.

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