Colin Domoney has a long and varied career both in development, and more recently, as an advocate for secure software systems. His career started developing mission critical military and medical systems in South Africa where he learnt the importance of developing systems that are rugged and robust. He has applied this experience across multiple industries including automotive, financial services, consumer electronics, and more.
Most recently, he has applied his skills to building large-scale Application Security programs for some of the largest organizations globally, helping them scale their software security capabilities. As an independent security consultant, he specializes in coaching and teaching developers on how best to build secure software. Most recently, he is the Chief Technology Evangelist at 42Crunch, focused on advocating for secure API development best practices and developing APIs that are secure by design. He is an avid learner and technologist at heart and is happiest discovering new technologies or approaches to securing software.
In addition to his advocacy role where he is a regular conference presenter and webinar host, Colin is also the curator of the APISecurityio newsletter featuring the latest in API security news. It was through this newsletter that he found a passion for API security in particular leading to the journey that has led to the book you have in front of you now. Most recently, he is working on a course and workshop to accompany the book.