Sam Scott - Cofounder & CTO at Oso

Talking Points:

• Comparison of PhD research vs starting a company
• Similarity of Entrepreneurship and starting an open source project
• Authentication vs Authorization
• The importance of software security
• The barrier of Information Security
• Threat Modeling
• Fun ways to learn more about cybersecurity
• Constant communication with tech lead

Quotable Quotes:

• “Research is for 10 years’ time problems, not for today’s problems.” -SS
• “To be effective at any company of any size, collaboration and cooperation is going to be a huge piece.” - SS
• “Find something that is missing and go ahead and address it.” -SS
• “Asking ‘Why?’ a lot, can be very valuable.” - SS
• “You can never ask too many questions. You can never be too thoughtful about something.” -SS
• “Err on the side of communication, .... the other person always has less context or information than you assume.” -SS
• “When in doubt, communicate.” - SS

Notes:

Oso’s Website:

osohq.com

Authorization Academy:

osohq.com/developers/authorization-academy

Sam’s LinkedIn:

linkedin.com/in/samjs

Sam’s Github:

github.com/samscott89

Sam’s Twitter:

twitter.com/samososos

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