How to Talk to Security with Sarah Young

How do you talk to security? While at NDC Melbourne, Richard chatted with Sarah Young about her approaches to helping folks work with the security team. Often seen as an impediment to business, Sarah talks about what motivates security teams, how to use language to help them understand that you are taking security seriously, and how to get more things done! Ultimately, the DevOps mantra of providing value to the customer still works - working with people to improve the processes that lead to secure systems helps everyone!

Links

• Daniel Pink's Drive
• Managed Identities for Azure
• Tenerife Airport Disaster

Recorded April 30, 2025