OpenTelemetry isn't just the gold standard for telemetry data and observability - it's also a versatile tool for Application Security!

This talk will share how we leveraged OpenTelemetry traces, extensions, and collector to improve our API Security product.

By joining this session, you will learn:
0. How you can use OpenTelemetry instrumentations to better understand your application's security
1. How can the OpenTelemetry collector be used to transform data to any proprietary trace structure
2. How can OpenTelemetry instrumentation be extended to collect additional data needed for your specific use case
3. What are the downsides of using OpenTelemetry instrumentations compared to creating your own plugins