2022 - Q4 OWASP Chapter Meetup

Title: Making Secure Coding Easy With Sensei

Abstract: Sensei is a highly customizable IntelliJ plugin that detects vulnerable code offers fixes in real time as a developer is writing code. Sensei uses pre-built or custom-made recipes to constantly review code or coach developers how to improve upon what they have written. During this presentation we will give an overview of Sensei, a demo of it of it working in real time, and a demo of a recipe being created.

Speakers: Zachary Clark and John Austin

Zac Clark has worked in Security at PNC for four years, currently working as a Security Lead on the Software Security Group. He spent two years on the Ethical Hacking team before transitioning into his current role as a Security Coach, helping teams writing secure code and fixing vulnerabilities. He is currently working on his masters degree in Cyber Security and Data Analytics at Penn State University.

John Austin is a Security Lead at PNC bank where he works with the Software Security Group to aid software development teams in writing secure code and fostering a security mindset. Prior to his current role, John was a technical lead with over a decade of experience. He draws upon a deep interest in privacy and security as well as his passion for software development to inform the work he does in promoting secure coding practices.