The cyber maturity gap is no longer technical. It’s operational
Kane Cutler - Sage Advice author profile
Senior Director, DevOps Security, Sage
Kane Cutler is a Product Security and DevSecOps leader with a strong track record of helping organisations build resilient, secure software without slowing delivery. He is passionate about making security a practical, adoptable part of how engineering teams design, build and operate products at scale.
Kane specialises in embedding security across the full software development lifecycle — from early design and threat modelling through to deployment, vulnerability management and continuous operation. His approach focuses on clear guardrails, automation and risk‑based decision making, enabling teams to adopt secure practices by default while maintaining engineering flow.
More recently, Kane has focused on the evolving security landscape shaped by AI in software delivery. His work includes advancing AI‑enabled secure development practices, improving vulnerability triage through AI, and developing security frameworks and governance models that support safe adoption of agentic and AI‑assisted development.
He leads with a pragmatic and proactive mindset, helping teams think critically about risk while minimising friction and supporting high‑quality delivery. His experience spans secure SDLC, DevSecOps, threat modelling, vulnerability management, security research, penetration testing, compliance and security governance.
Kane’s key areas of expertise include shaping and delivering security strategy, building and leading high‑performing teams, and driving innovation in product security frameworks and processes. He is highly collaborative, working closely with engineering, product and business stakeholders to embed security principles that align with broader organisational goals.
He also brings deep experience in regulatory compliance (including PCI DSS, ISO 27001 and SOC frameworks), third‑party risk management, scaling bug bounty programmes, and improving developer experience through automation and security tooling.
Kane specialises in embedding security across the full software development lifecycle — from early design and threat modelling through to deployment, vulnerability management and continuous operation. His approach focuses on clear guardrails, automation and risk‑based decision making, enabling teams to adopt secure practices by default while maintaining engineering flow.
More recently, Kane has focused on the evolving security landscape shaped by AI in software delivery. His work includes advancing AI‑enabled secure development practices, improving vulnerability triage through AI, and developing security frameworks and governance models that support safe adoption of agentic and AI‑assisted development.
He leads with a pragmatic and proactive mindset, helping teams think critically about risk while minimising friction and supporting high‑quality delivery. His experience spans secure SDLC, DevSecOps, threat modelling, vulnerability management, security research, penetration testing, compliance and security governance.
Kane’s key areas of expertise include shaping and delivering security strategy, building and leading high‑performing teams, and driving innovation in product security frameworks and processes. He is highly collaborative, working closely with engineering, product and business stakeholders to embed security principles that align with broader organisational goals.
He also brings deep experience in regulatory compliance (including PCI DSS, ISO 27001 and SOC frameworks), third‑party risk management, scaling bug bounty programmes, and improving developer experience through automation and security tooling.
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