Fabian Funder @ Angular Vienna Meetup
At the begin of October, Fabian Funder, information security consultant at SBA Research, joined the Angular Vienna Meetup as a speaker, presenting his talk “Have AI Agents Killed Secure Coding?” at Hainburger Straße 33 in Vienna.
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His talk addressed an increasingly relevant question: As AI agents become more capable of writing and modifying code, what happens to established secure coding practices? Are AI agents changing the way we need to approach application security, and what should developers keep in mind when building software with AI?
Abstract
“Coding is a solved problem” proclaim LLM and AI agent companies alike.
Indeed, coding agents have become remarkably good at quickly turning a problem description into code that *plausibly* works.
Moreover, they generate automated tests and other verification procedures to check their solution.
Considering all those capabilities, what is keeping them from generating secure code?
In this talk we will explore the fundamental reasons why producing secure code is so difficult.
After that we will present a couple of strategies that help Coding agents by steering them into the right direction.
Beyond the presentation, the evening was a great opportunity to connect with members of the Angular Vienna community, exchange experiences, and meet new people.