Welcome to the Elephant in AppSec, the podcast to explore, challenge, and boldly face the AppSec Elephants in the room. Today we’re excited to have an amazing guest, Max Imbiel, join us. Max is the driving force behind “Ahead Security,” an agency specializing in vCISO activities, and currently serves as the CISO at BitPanda, an online crypto trading platform. Max’s career began in IT and software development and took him through various industries, with the last one being finance. His notable leadership roles include Deputy CISO at UniCredit Bank and, most recently, Deputy Group CISO at N26. Max is also a frequent keynote speaker and an ambassador for Mission TOP 5 - https://missiontop5.de/, a community organization that aims to propel Germany into the top 5 digital nations in Europe by 2025. With his extensive experience in the security of the financial sector, I had the chance to learn from Max about the unique challenges of building secure financial applications and what the explosion of decentralized finance might bring. Dive right in!
*I apologize for the sound issues on my side in this episode - everything is great for Max!