About me
Marisa Fagan is a managing consultant at Katilyst and has 16 years experience building security champion communities. She's dedicated her career to building security into the SDLC and empowering developers to own secure code. Marisa shares practical insights into what actually works when it comes to motivating developers, measuring program success, and avoiding common pitfalls. With an impressive background as a security culture expert at tech giants like Atlassian, Salesforce, Meta, and Bugcrowd, Marisa has been at the forefront of the security champions movement. Since 2024 she has also been a Contributor to OWASP Project Security Champions Guide and as of January 2026 has been elected to the OWASP Board of Directors. She lives in San Francisco, CA, USA.
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