In this video, we discuss why security researchers need to understand software engineering. We examine common tasks within cyber security and how they would be improved with development experience. --- Timestamp: 00:00 Intro 00:35 Reverse Engineering Unfamiliar Languages 04:10 Exploit Development and Vulnerability Research 07:45 Big Data 08:58 Ransomware + Cryptography 10:50 Writing Good Detections 13:37 Understanding Both Sides --- Links Mentioned in Video: https://github.com/LaurieWired/Assembly-Algorithms --- laurieWIRED Twitter: https://twitter.com/lauriewired laurieWIRED Website: http://lauriewired.com laurieWIRED Github: https://github.com/LaurieWired laurieWIRED Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauriewired/ laurieWIRED HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=lauriewired laurieWIRED Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/LaurieWired