Shifting Security Left: Empowering Developers to Build Secure Systems

As a tech leader, how can you help your developers take ownership of security without slowing down innovation? Developers are incentivized to prove that systems work as expected—but how often do we ensure they don’t do what they shouldn’t?Security isn’t just a checklist; it’s a mindset. But can your team define what security truly means? How do you measure enough security? More importantly, how do you drive meaningful, incremental improvements in your organization’s security posture without overwhelming your developers?

This session will provide you with a practical, actionable framework to embed security into your development process. You’ll walk away with concrete strategies to help your teams proactively design security in—without sacrificing velocity.

About Brian Sletten

Brian Sletten is a liberal arts-educated software engineer with a focus on forward-leaning technologies. His experience has spanned many industries including retail, banking, online games, defense, finance, hospitality and health care. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from the College of William and Mary and lives in Auburn, CA. He focuses on web architecture, resource-oriented computing, social networking, the Semantic Web, AI/ML, data science, 3D graphics, visualization, scalable systems, security consulting and other technologies of the late 20th and early 21st Centuries. He is also a rabid reader, devoted foodie and has excellent taste in music. If pressed, he might tell you about his International Pop Recording career.

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