{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Lead the People","title":"#52: Secure Leadership with Laura Bell Main","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1553,"description":"With over twenty years of experience in software development and application security, Laura Bell Main specializes in bringing Application Security and Secure Development practices into organizations worldwide.\nShe is the co-founder and CEO of SafeStack, an online education platform offering flexible, high-quality, and people-focused secure development training for fast-moving companies, focusing on building application security skills, practices, and culture across the entire engineering team.\nLaura is an experienced conference speaker, trainer, and regular panel member and has spoken at various events such as BlackHat USA, NDC, RenderATL, and OSCON on application security, DevSecOps, secure development, and security mindset. \nShe is also the co-author of Agile Application Security and Security for Everyone.\nTop 3 Takeaways\n\nSmall is beautiful. When we need our teams to tackle BIG problems in work and life, it’s helpful to break the issue down to make it more manageable. Otherwise, our people may be too overwhelmed to act at all.\nShow and tell. If you want people to care about your work, you’ve got to make them aware of it first. Get creative and take every opportunity to showcase your efforts and the positive impact you’re having on something everybody cares about.\nStay positive. It can be tempting to frame negative consequences in an attempt to garner attention and resources, but use this technique sparingly. Instead, communicate the benefits of action which can lead to sustained interest and investment.\n\nFrom the Source\n“We need to get rid of this superhero mentality, and we need to really give everyone a little bit to do, and to do it consistently over time.”\n“You are the complex combination of everything you've done before and everything you've seen. So when you look at something, you see it one way, but the other 20 people on your team have all got different journeys, and they can look at exactly the same thing and see something you never saw.”\n“We believe...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/o852s7Ljq2fxvNhM2wAX6FEYs5tcnEvuQ7Pb0h1_KDE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hODhm/YzA1ZTg2MDllZThi/OTE2ZWQ4YmEyNWI0/MWRlMi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}