Reusing Security Solutions in Novel Domains - Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

Explore how security tools and techniques can be repurposed to address challenges in performance, compliance, privacy, and data abuse in this 17-minute conference talk from USENIX Enigma 2022. Discover case studies from Meta, including how static taint flow analysis, originally developed for security purposes, was applied to ensure proper handling of user locations in Instagram Threads. Learn about additional examples where product security tools have been adapted to detect implementation flaws across various domains. Examine the limitations of this approach, considering tool constraints, organizational structures, and the need for defense in depth. Gain insights into innovative applications of existing security tooling for your organization, covering topics such as logging of passwords, performance regressions, bug bounty programs, data abuse prevention, encryption, and privacy solutions.