Cyber Magazine January 2023 | Page 52

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“ Coming from a banking organisation or FinTech , you ’ re so highly regulated ,” Kung comments . “ You have to find everything and fix everything before it goes to production . The CISO must sign off on everything , and it doesn ’ t go to production until they ’ ve done all their tests and they ’ re happy that everything ’ s fixed .”

“Our business success depends on the velocity of our releases . It ’ s all about finding that perfect momentum of putting the security controls in without slowing the process down ”

JEREMIAH KUNG GLOBAL HEAD OF INFORMATION SECURITY AND COMPLIANCE , APPLOVIN
“ But here ,” he adds , “ our business success depends on the velocity of our releases . So , it ’ s all about how you find that perfect momentum of putting the security controls in place but not slowing the process down .”
“ That ’ s what ’ s really fascinating – finding that balanced mix . And at the end of the day , it comes down to people .”
“ We have extremely talented developers who are willing to work with us . We have tools that give us visibility , and we are also willing to work with the team . I ’ m not going to hand them scan reports and say , ‘ Here are
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