Programming Languages conferences often include papers on computer security, yet the topic of security is not part of the classical PL texts. This talk will focus on how a PL generalist should approach such papers. We will cover the following topics: What makes a good PL-security paper? How do we make sense of all the threat models and attackers that have invaded our beloved proceedings? How do the security papers contribute to the state of the art in programming languages, and what are the things that a PL generalist can learn?