Listen "Threat Modeling OpenSSL, Lessons from a Data Breach, and Volunteering with Narayan Ram Narayanan"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode of the Security Repo Podcast, Narayan Ram Narayanan shares his journey into cybersecurity, sparked by a personal data breach and fueled by a passion for privacy and secure development. He discusses his upcoming talk on threat modeling OpenSSL applications using STRIDE and other threat models, and highlights the value of volunteering and networking at events like BSides. The conversation also explores lessons from past mistakes, favorite security tools, and advice for newcomers in the field.Links mentioned in this episodehttps://nixos.org/guides/nix-pills/10-developing-with-nix-shell.htmlhttps://asciinema.org/https://www.linkedin.com/in/n2r/Narayan Ram Narayanan is passionate about Linux, cryptography, and secure SDLC. He loves digging into code, threat modeling, and breaking things (responsibly). Whether it’s hardening apps or decoding exploits. He’s all about making software safer - one commit at a time.
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