OWASP Global AppSec Lisbon 2024

"How can I motivate our development teams to take ownership of the security of their applications and to engage with security topics proactively?" With this question in mind I started building different communication channels and event formats to foster developer centric security awareness and start a flame in the developer's hearts for secure development topics. During that (still ongoing) process I came accross psychological needs as important factor for both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Motivation is one of the core drivers for behavioral change - and this is exactly what we are aiming for when establishing a good security culture in an organization.


In my talk I will share my insights on how to motivate people to contribute to the security culture and why I think that a posivite experience of cyber security is a big lever for central security teams to foster engagement accross the organization.