Secure by Design: Building Resilient Systems in an Age of Advanced Threats

With global supply chain attacks escalating, nation-state threats targeting critical infrastructure and AI generating code faster than we can secure it, the real challenge isn't avoiding threats—it's building systems that can withstand them.

GitLab hosted a webinar on October 2nd for Cybersecurity Awareness Month to tackle the security challenges that keep government CISOs awake at night.

During this fireside chat with GitLab's CISO, Josh Lemos, and GitLab Developer Advocate, Fernando Diaz, we explored:

• How AI is accelerating both development speed and attack surfaces
• The concrete benefits of memory-safe languages for government agencies
• Practical strategies for implementing secure-by-design in government
• The AI security arms race to leverage AI defensively while protecting against AI-powered threats
• Approaches to modernizing legacy systems with memory-safe languages