Welcome to the Elephant in AppSec, the podcast to explore, challenge, and boldly face the AppSec Elephants in the room. Today, I’m excited to have Alina Yakubenko on the show. Alina, Senior Application Security Engineer at Toast, Inc and former developer and QA Engineer., is dedicated to empowering developers to integrate security into their everyday practices. Passionate about building a culture of security awareness, she works to ensure that security is a core component of development processes, helping teams build safer, more resilient applications. In this episode, we dive into a thought-provoking question: is it truly realistic to see everyone as the greatest ally in security? We also explore the critical role of making security champions self-sufficient—especially in rapidly scaling organizations. If you're a strong advocate for security champion programs and want to learn how to scale them effectively, this episode is for you. Dive right in!