User:Chefhare/Chief Product Security Officer

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The Chief Product Security Officer is tasked with working with developers and the business to secure products created by the company. These products could be anything from software packages to IoT devices or devices running any type of software.

There has been increased concern about the product security of software and devices companies create. To respond to this, need the role of Chief Product Security Officer was created. The CPSO role is gaining momentum inside fortune 500 companies because of regulations being put in place like GDPR. Product security includes the security of the application (Application Security) that runs on the product to physical security of the product as well as managing vulnerabilities found within the product. Companies have a few standards to aid in the security of their products. One being the Open web application security project (OWASP). Which details the top 10 Security vulnerabilities for web applications.

Education
Chief Product Security Officers have experience with Threat modeling, Secure coding and usually come from a Product Life cycle or Engineering background.