On today's episode, our old pal John Wagnon, Infosec Skills author and keeper of the secrets of OWASP, joins me to talk about the big changes in the OWASP Top 10 that happened at the end of 2021, his own class teaching the Top 10, and some job tips, study hints and career pivots for people interested in these vulnerabilities. Find out why access managers are going to rule the world someday!

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0:00 - Free cybersecurity training resources
0:56 - Overview of today's episode
1:43 - Who is John Wagnon? 
2:50 - Working in cybersecurity and teaching OWASP
4:18 - What is the OWASP Top 10?
7:51 - How did the OWASP Top 10 change in 2021?
15:48 - Why do these security issues never go away?
19:06 - Cybersecurity roles using the OWASP Top 10
23:43 - What's covered in John's OWASP Top 10 courses?
26:42 - How to get hands-on cybersecurity experience
30:24 - Vulnerability-related cybersecurity career paths
34:16 - What is John working on with Infosec and Fortinet?
35:37 - Using your career as a learning opportunity
37:16 - Learn more about John Wagnon and OWASP
38:30 - Outro

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