Today I’m joined by Linda Fay, a seasoned leader in Application Security with over 13 years of experience. She’s led large-scale security programs, most recently as Director of Product Security Engineering, where she secured thousands of applications and delivered major cost savings. Now working as an independent consultant, she helps organizations improve their AppSec posture and explore the intersection of AI and security. Linda also leads the OWASP Nashville chapter and is deeply involved with WiCyS, mentoring the next generation of women in cybersecurity.In this episode, we dive into whether it’s possible to find AppSec tools that developers actually like—regardless of their acronyms—and how the rapid rise of AI is reshaping the security tooling. Linda also shares her experience justifying security budgets in the absence of compliance mandates, and how she managed to save over $600K annually by streamlining AppSec tools.Dive right in! Connect with Linda: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faylinda/Connect with Alexandra: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-charikova/This podcast is brought to you byEscape: https://escape.tech — Modern DAST built to test for business logic instead of missing headers