50,000 CVEs and Counting: What 60 Years of AppSec Tells Us About 2026

Physical meet planned! Info below is a work in progress.. 50,000 CVEs and Counting: What 60 Years of AppSec Tells Us About 2026 -- Pedram Hayati Application security is not getting easier. Despite better tools, more CVEs, and widespread “shift-left” adoption, vulnerabilities continue to scale with system complexity. This talk distils 60 years of application security history—from early networked systems to modern cloud-native and AI-driven stacks—and connects it to what developers are facing today. Using real incidents, ecosystem data, and patterns observed across decades, the session explains why AppSec keeps failing in familiar ways and where the industry is heading next. The goal is understanding which problems are structural, which are self-inflicted, and which approaches are finally worth investing in. Schedule 6:00 PM - Door Opens. Enjoy some food + drinks 6:30 PM - Intros / Words from our Sponsors 6:40 PM - Pedram's talk 7:40 PM - Networking 8:00 PM - Close Or Stream at: https://www.twitch.tv/sydneyaltnet Also thanks to our longtime sponsor, Jetbrains, for supplying us with 2 licenses to give away.