Episode 16: Merging Cloud Based Startup Into Financial Giants

Attendees Guest: Ori Troyna Guest title: Global head of product security at Payu Company: Payu Abstract Payu, a global fintech gaint acquired Zooz , a small payment startup.  In this episode we talk with Ori Troyna, Global head of product security at Payu about the challenges that such a merger between two very different companies with different engineering methodologies and how they cope with those challenges. Timing: 1.14 Ori introduce himself 11.40 challenges of merging small companies into financial giants. Integrating different technologies stacks into one.   18.33 how to build the organizational structure the consolidate the different companies and technology stacks  21.30 understanding the acquisition considerations of PayU and its effect on security considerations   27.0 solving the consolidation challenges - the people angel. Moving to tribes and clans and providing security goals  34.30 the difference between product security and IT security   36.0 solving the consolidation challenges - the process angel. How to integrate different tribes and clans to create one joint development backlog and mature devops   46.40 solving the consolidation challenges - the technology angel. Building global infrastructure that support multiple projects  53.22 summary and last words

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The podcast for Security Architecture Hosted by Moshe Ferber and Ariel Munafo. The world of software development has changed rapidly in the last years due to various factors – Cloud Computing, Digital Transformation, CI/CD & DevOps – they all changed the way we build new applications. Young startups today got access to enterprise-grade infrastructure enabling them to produce scalable, robust applications faster and cheaper. But as companies innovate faster, security challenges arise. The security community has not mastered yet the full art of developing software fast, at scale, and secure and variety of companies still struggle to found the right foundation for their security posture. SilverLining podcast was created to help you do just that – find the right combination of people, processes, and technologies to build more secure and reliable services. We will focus on the latest development in infrastructure and software development and talk with people who mastered how to secure those. In each episode, we will host an expert for discussion on the security aspects of new technologies and provide insights, best practices, and knowledge in creating more secure software architecture.