Justin Farmer

About the author

I'm Justin Farmer, and I've worked in security and software for more than 20 years.

I hold a master's degree in Information Security and Data Assurance. I founded Kernel, Inc., a cybersecurity consulting firm that served government and critical-infrastructure clients, and through its subsidiary Neo Cybersecurity I designed and ran an automated penetration-testing platform for small businesses. My job there was the same one this book does: find what's exposed, then explain the fix in plain language to people who aren't security engineers. I've also spent nine years as a senior systems engineer at T-Mobile, and I've taught information systems at the university level.

Now I run an AI Coaching/Consulting agency and build ShipLatch, a scanner for apps made with Lovable, Bolt, Cursor and Replit. The tools are new, but the mistakes aren't: keys in the browser, databases that trust anyone, files that should never have shipped. This book shows you where to look and how to fix each one with prompts you can hand back to your AI.

Justin Farmer

Raleigh, NC