Irene Michlin is an Application Security Lead at Neo4j. Before going into application security, Irene worked as software engineer, architect, and technical lead at companies ranging from startups to corporate giants. Her professional interests include securing development life-cycles and architectures. After years of AppSec consultancy, she is now back to in- house role, where she can apply all that she’s learned.
Alex Spiridenkovas is a Senior Application Security Engineer at Neo4j. He’s a computer security enthusiast with 20 years of experience in this field. He has performed software security assessments across a range of systems, from embedded device firmware to distributed enterprise web applications. He likes to tinker with technologies in his spare time and learn new things.
OWASP Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS) is great, but it feels underused, definitely compared to OWASP Top 10. The concept is fantastic: a standard that any development organization can use for self-assessment and methodical improvement of its application security. Why is this... read more
