The presentation discusses the importance of secure development environments in the face of supply chain security incidents and vulnerabilities in open source code and containers.
- Open source code makes up a significant portion of an organization's codebase, and new packages are constantly being developed, leading to vulnerabilities and breaches.
- Containerization is important for keeping code and infrastructure clean, but vulnerabilities can still surface in containers.
- Developers' integrated development environments, such as Visual Studio Code, are also vulnerable to attacks.
- Secure development environments are crucial for protecting end users and require a shift left approach to security.
- The presentation includes a demonstration of a vulnerability in the Instant Markdown plugin for Visual Studio Code.