In this episode, Omkhar talks to Christoph Kern, Principal Software Engineer in Google’s Information Security Engineering organization. Christoph helps to keep Google’s products secure and users safe. His main focus is on developing scalable, principled approaches to software security. 00:42 - Christoph offers a rundown of his duties at Google 01:38 - Google’s general approach to security 03:02 - What Christoph describes as “stubborn vulnerabilities” and how to stop them 06:42 - An overview of Google’s security ecosystem 10:00 - Why memory safety is so important 12:23 - Solving memory safety problems via languages 16:23 - Omkhar’s rapid-fire questions 18:28 - Why Christoph thinks this may be a great time for young professionals to enter the cybersecurity industry Episode links: Blog: Tackling Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Through Secure by Design Report: Secure by Design: Google’s Perspective on Memory Safety White House Press Release: Future Software Should be Memory Safe Blog: OpenSSF Supports White House’s Efforts to Build More Secure and Measurable Software Research: Developer Ecosystems for Software Safety: Continuous Assurance at Scale
