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Erik Costlow

HP Enterprise Security

Product manager for HP’s Enterprise Security group, Erik Costlow is responsible for product strategy, working closely with customers as well as development, sales, and marketing teams. He has contributed to industry best practices including OpenSAMM. Previously, Erik worked as a software security consultant for Fortify Software (acquired by HP). His projects there included designing and leading a security static analysis project at a large financial services firm, designing a project plan to guide developers of externally-facing applications across three continents, and preparing for a 2013 implementation of twenty key application security controls affecting 15,000 developers globally, across seven functional lines of business.

Speaker Presentations
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 - 2:15pm
Going Mobile
Software Security Goes Mobile

Erik Costlow says that, as more and more business is transacted on mobile platforms, securing the applications and data that run on them is a business imperative. Developers and their managers are asked to make key decisions regarding data caching, authorized permissions, authentication requirements on the backend, and safe coding practices—all of which contribute to the protection of their organization’s intellectual property. However, hackers have taken advantage of a knowledge gap to develop creative attacks against mobile applications.