Fixing Software Weaknesses Rather Than Just Finding More Flaws - Gil Geron, Nidhi Aggarwal, Braden Russell - ASW #398
Summary
Niti Agarwal, CPO at HackerOne, discusses how AI has exploded vulnerability discovery, creating a critical "exposure debt" that outpaces remediation efforts. She advocates for shifting from individual bug fixes to systemic bug class elimination and secure-by-design practices to address root causes. The episode highlights the need for continuous loops of discovery, validation, and remediation, emphasizing that while AI accelerates defense, human creativity remains essential for finding complex, high-impact vulnerabilities.
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