Erik Buchanan Erik Buchanan is an AI leader and entrepreneur based in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, with a strong background in engineering leadership and machine learning. He is currently the Head of AI at Semgrep. Notable career highlights include serving as Head of Artificial Intelligence for Hiring Products at LinkedIn and founding C3 Ventures as a Partner, while also investing in various seed-stage companies in sectors like TransportationTech and SaaS. With a Bachelor's degree and graduate research from UC San Diego, Buchanan has held key roles such as Co-founder and CTO at CloseFactor, VP Engineering at Connectifier, and Senior Software Engineering Manager at LinkedIn, showcasing expertise in software development, AI, and management in the tech industry.
Erik Buchanan
Are There IDORs Lurking in Your Code? LLMs Are Finding Critical Business Logic Vulns—and They’re Everywhere
Erik Buchanan | | authorization, broken access control, Business Logic Vulnerabilities, idor, llm security
Security teams have always known that insecure direct object references (IDORs) and broken authorization vulnerabilities exist in their codebases. Ask any AppSec leader if they have IDOR issues, and most would readily admit they do. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: they’ve been dramatically underestimating the scope of the problem. Recent ... Read More
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