Security Leaders Dinner by Aikido I Toronto
Shift Left Isn't Enough Anymore
For years, software security had a clear answer: shift left. Catch problems earlier, give developers better tools, and build security into the development process.
But that model assumed we knew who was building the software.
Today, developers, data scientists, product managers and autonomous agents can all ship code. And what they build is increasingly assembled from thousands of open-source packages, pulled from an ecosystem attackers are actively targeting.
The question is no longer just "How do we secure the code we write?" It's "How do we control the code we consume?"
Join fellow CISOs and security leaders for an invite-only dinner exploring what software security looks like when AI changes who builds software and supply-chain attacks move faster than traditional vulnerability management can respond.
No pitches, no slides. Just candid conversation with security leaders tackling the same questions, under Chatham House Rule.
We'll dive into:
- Why shift left alone no longer covers the modern software supply chain
- What Shai-Hulud, TeamPCP and other attacks reveal about trusted registries
- How AI coding changes the security model when almost anyone, or anything, can build
- How to move from CVE tickets and upgrade projects toward automated remediation
Together with John Amaral, CSTO at Aikido, and former co-founder of Root.io, where he helped build an agentic software factory for securing and maintaining open-source software at scale.
Come hungry. Leave questioning where "left" even is anymore.
In case you're wondering who's picking up the check
Aikido – Aikido builds category-leading security products across software security, including code, cloud, runtime, and penetration testing. Each product can be deployed independently to identify exploitable risk. When used together on Aikido’s platform, these products share context across code, cloud, and runtime to improve prioritization and remediation.
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