Peter Klimek, an expert in application security, discusses the challenges and benefits of identifying vulnerabilities early in the software development lifecycle. He highlights the importance of finding a balance between tools and human expertise. The conversation also touches on measurement of closure velocity and the significance of development team velocity as a core metric in application security. Peter emphasizes the role of APIs, platform engineering, and infrastructure as code in improving collaboration and automation. He draws a parallel between guardrails on a highway and the need for guardrails in application security, providing development teams with time to address critical vulnerabilities.
