Semgrep events

GoSec '25

September 10-11, 2025

Montréal, Quebec

Catch Tanya Janca, Staff DevRel, as she takes the stage at GoSec 25, hosted at Palais des Congrès de Montréal.

📍 Montréal, Quebec

🗓 Wednesday, Sept 10 - Thursday, Sept 11

Security Champion Worst Practices

Security champion programs are all the rage right now, but they aren’t a magic bullet; they are a lot of work and more than half of them fail. We want to scale our security programs and improve security culture and communication, but what happens when are champions are less-than-enthused? There’s no support from management? We can’t get enough buy in? Let’s look at when things go WRONG with security champions programs, with this list of WORST practices, and how to avoid each one.

For more information, visit the GoSec 25 website.

Tanya Janca
Semgrep
Staff DevRel