This Dot Labs - Security

In this episode, Tracy Lee, Rob Ocel, James Spivey, & Jarrod Overson talk about security.

Topics Discussed:

* Why security matters and why should we care?

* Is security only for back-end engineers?

* Security and open-source (lessons from the event-stream incident)

* Should major companies be afraid of open source software for security reasons?

* How to reduce risk of compromised dependencies

* Resources about security for beginners

* Security, trade-offs, and the limits of our ability to fully protect ourselves

* How to handle passwords as developers

* Differences between hashing, encrypting, and encoding

* Practical steps to begin securing your applications and teams

* Fraud teams and security audits