Siren Hofvander

Have you seen a fire breathing dragon dual wield my little pony figurines? How about an IT Security employee with a burning passion for keeping users safe, and security fun and accessible? Siren Hofvander delivers on the latter and strives for the former in her daily job as CSO for Min Doktor. She specialises in building security into the SLDC and firmly believes that security is a task for everyone, not just the hacker elite. She also heads up the Malmö based IT Security group SecuriTea and is an avid forum contributor.

Secure Session Management

Day 1 - 17th Oct 11:30-12:20 Hall 1 (Main Center) Novice

We’re facing an increasing need for privacy and security when communicating between not only individuals around the world, but between systems as well. It is imperative that we secure our systems against intruders from the outside, but we must also compartmentalize and protect our systems from the inside.

  • How do we build and maintain secure sessions for our users?
  • What do we need to keep in mind when designing our systems?
  • Which industry standards can you as developers apply to to your code to contribute to a more secure environment?
  • And perhaps most importantly, what are the common mistakes we should learn from and try to avoid in the future?