FTC Announces Agenda for First Start with Security Conference in San Francisco
FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez will be the opening speaker at the agency’s first Start with Security conference, to be held next month and focus on the challenges startups and developers face in creating secure applications, an FTC news release said…
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Wednesday. Experts that built security programs at high-growth startups including Dropbox, Etsy, Pinterest and Twitter will “provide startups and developers with practical guidance on integrating security into their application development lifecycles,” it said. FTC Chief Technologist Ashkan Soltani will partake in a “fireside chat” on security issues, and panels are slated on how startups can build a culture of security, how to effectively model threats, train developers, ensure secure coding practices, scale security testing, and respond to hackers who find bugs in products, and embracing security features as a key part of products, the agency said. The event is from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., Sept. 9, at the University of California Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. The free event is open to the public. The second Start with Security event is Nov. 5 in Austin.