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Chris Romeo is a third-time cybersecurity founder, currently building a new company in application security and AI. He founded Security Journey, a security education company, and led it to an exit in 2022. He then co-founded Devici, which exited in 2025. Chris has thirty years of security experience and previously served as Chief Security Advocate at Cisco. He co-hosts two podcasts: The Application Security Podcast, with Robert Hurlbut, and AI Security Table, with Izar Tarandach and Matt Coles. Chris is also a General Partner at Kerr Ventures.
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In this episode of the Application Security Podcast, Chris Romeo walks through the origin story of Security Journey and shares some experiences taking a security startup from bootstrap to acquisition.
Listen to the episodeRobert and I decided to talk about an article I wrote called "DevOps security culture: 12 fails your team can learn from". We hope you enjoy this walkthrough of the 12 fails.
Listen to the episodeNetwork engineers and application security teams depend on each other, yet often struggle to understand each other’s responsibilities.
Listen to the episodeChanging security culture requires more than distributing policies or buying another training platform.
Listen to the episodeA security awareness program needs to change daily behavior, not simply record who completed a course.
Listen to the episodeHow can a company build a security community when it has only a few interested people and little budget?
Listen to the episodeIn the inaugural episode of the Application Security Podcast, Chris Romeo and Robert Hurlbut introduce themselves, trace the experiences that brought them…
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