security engineering

How security engineering is shifting from human vigilance to automated defenses

Security is no longer just about training humans to spot threats. In this episode, Chris Swan, engineer at Atsign and security track host at QCon London, reflects on the shift toward automated, system-level defenses across the entire application stack. It's a necessary evolution. Human vigilance has limits, and the future of security engineering lies in building trust into the infrastructure itself. For deeper context, explore our coverage of how Cloudflare is building a quantum-safe path for internet security.