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Pete Chestna

As Director of Developer Engagement, Pete provides customers with practical advice on how to successfully roll out developer-centric application security programs. Relying on more than 10 years of direct AppSec experience as both a developer and development leader, Pete provides information on best practices amassed from working with Veracode’s 1,000+ customers. Pete joined Veracode in 2006 as a platform developer and was instrumental in delivering the first version of Veracode’s service to customers. Later, as Director of Platform Engineering, Pete managed the Agile teams responsible for delivering Veracode’s SaaS platform and built the first DevOps team.

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Securing Third-Party and Open Source Code Components: A Primer

The increasing popularity of open source code continues to be a boon for developers across the industry, allowing them to increase efficiency and streamline delivery. But there are security risks to be considered when leveraging open source and commercial code components, as each carries with it a significant risk of becoming the enemy within, creating […]

May 24, 2018 · 3 min

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FEB22

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DevSecOps: How Security Teams Can Better Support Their Developer Counterparts

Much of the conversation around digital transformation revolves around technology. But the new wave of technology this era has ushered in has also made a big impact on the way organizations, and the teams that comprise them, function. This impact on corporate culture has paved the way for the widespread adoption of DevOps, which has […]

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JAN24

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How Developers Can Take a More Proactive Approach to Security

Developers tend to get thrown under the bus when it comes to application security, but recent data shows that developers do, in fact, care about security. Take mitigation for example. Developers don’t try to rig the system by rejecting findings as false positives or as mitigated by design. Developers documented mitigations for just 14.4 percent […]

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NOV6

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DevOps in the Age of Digital Transformation

Digital transformation is one of the hottest buzzwords in the technology industry today. While it tends to be overused, the term does represent a widespread, ongoing movement that will set a standard for the next generation of enterprises. Digital transformation is all about keeping up with the pace of innovation and using technology to achieve […]

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SEP28

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Executive Buy-in May Be Preventing DevOps Success

A common misconception in the executive suite is that an organization can reap all the benefits of DevOps without fully embracing the change necessary. That’s understandable, given that a DevOps transformation is a lengthy, costly disruption for companies of all sizes. DevOps requires businesses to transform, from team organization to culture to development processes. This […]

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