In this episode, Omkhar Arasaratnam visits with Aeva Black, who currently serves as the Section Chief for Open Source Security at CISA, and is an open source hacker and international public speaker with 25 years of experience building open source software projects at large technology companies. She previously led open source security strategy within the Microsoft Azure Office of the CTO, and served on the OpenSSF Technical Advisory Committee, the OpenStack Technical Committee, and the Kubernetes Code of Conduct Committee. In her spare time, Aeva enjoys riding motorcycles up and down the west coast. 01:37- Aeva describes a day in the life at CISA 02:38 - Details on the use of open source in the public sector 04:27 - Why open source needs corporate investment to maintain security 06:20 - Aeva shares what their second year at CISA looks like 07:58 - Aeva answers Omkhar’s rapid-fire questions 09:28 - Advice for people entering the world of security 10:16 - Certs are nice to have, but they aren’t everything 10:42 - Aeva’s call to action for listeners Episode links: Aeva Black on LinkedIn CISA Open Source Security Roadmap Get involved with the OpenSSF community
