In many organizations, the move to push testing left has left security behind. As a practice, security testing is oftentimes not considered as part of the core skill set of a tester like exploratory testing or risk-based testing. I will show you how every tester is capable of taking on this critical task and how it can fit into your testing strategy as a best practice.

Adam Satterfield, Sr Director of Engineering Enablement at Global Payments, has been in the software testing industry for 20 years. He has a wide background in industries such as military, SaaS, telecom, mobile, healthcare and finance. Adam enjoys leading and mentoring quality assurance teams as well as teaching testers how to find their inner testing star.

He has spoken at multiple conferences and authored blog posts related to automation, DevOps and testing leadership. Currently, Adam is working at Global Payments to lead Test Engineering and DevSecOps to drive best practices across multiple projects and modernization initiatives. He also is working on innovation within test engineering in the spaces of Cloud and AI/ML.

Outside of testing, Adam enjoys blacksmithing and woodworking to keep his critical thinking skills fresh. He also enjoys taking Martial Arts with his daughter.