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Secure Code Warrior makes secure coding a positive and engaging experience for developers as they increase their skills. We guide each coder along their own preferred learning pathway, so that security-skilled developers become the everyday superheroes of our connected world.
In a world where cyber threats continue to multiply, are your coders stepping up? Is the human element of secure coding – the all-important developer – ready to play their part in securing our connected world? To answer this question, let’s look at some insights from a recent study on developers attitudes towards secure coding, secure code practices, and security operations, conducted by Secure Code Warrior with Evans Data Corp.
How’s this for a sobering statistic? 60% of SMBs go out of business within six months of a successful cyber attack. Major corporations haemorrhage millions (or billions!) while brand reputations bleed out. As organizations increasingly embrace secure coding practices, a 'shift left' is taking place. With the rise of DevSecOps, secure code is becoming the focus right from the start of the SDLC.
For the 2nd year, we partnered with Evans Data Corp. to conduct a comprehensive survey of the global developer community related to the skills, perceptions, and behaviors when it comes to secure coding practices, and their perceived impact and relevancy in the software development lifecycle (SDLC). The results were quite surprising in a lot of ways.
As an application security professional, it’s your job to ensure the cyber safety of your organization’s applications. You’re not, however, responsible for writing the code the application runs on. Engineers within the development team are. So how do you make sure that they’re developing those systems with security in mind?
Right now, only 15% of developers agree that secure code practices should be everyone’s responsibility. In a world of increasing security threats, that simply isn’t good enough. Something has to be done. One key to creating a healthy AppSec culture is understanding the key influences (and influencers!) at play.
As data breaches and their costs continue to rise, the volume of code produced in our world is too big for security experts to handle alone. Companies need developers with secure coding skills – and developers know they need these skills to advance their careers. But current secure code training is letting them down. So what do developers want when it comes to secure code training?
According to an IBM study, it is thirty times more expensive to fix vulnerabilities post-release compared to finding and fixing them initially. With that in mind, it’s not surprising that forward-looking CIOs are implementing secure coding practices. This means training and equipping developers to write code that is more secure from the beginning– making them their organization’s ‘first line of defense’.
In our hyper-connected world, almost every organization shares a common Achilles heel. A single vulnerability, just one exploitable chink in their code, can trigger the theft of customer data, reputational damage and significant financial losses. Organizational alignment around secure coding has never been more imperative – but achieving it is easier said than done.
Everyone wants a good return on their investment when it comes to investing in their techstack or additional training programs, but when it comes to security, one needs to be playing a long game that goes beyond calculating simple ROI. Learn how investment in developer-driven security will not only save on the expense of expensive breaches, the loss of productivity, and accumulated tech--debt, but create a proactive and cost-effective strategy to stay ahead of today’s threat landscape.
In response to major security breaches like the SolarWinds campaign, which used a software update process to infect over 18,000 users of the popular Orion management software, including many top corporations and government agencies, there is an increased push for more effective developer-led security efforts. Organizations of all sizes are starting to question their ‘software supply chain’, and demanding that the developers making their software have verified security skills and awareness.
Insecure code costs companies millions – so what gets in the way of adopting secure coding practices? In a world that relies on software for just about everything, ensuring that code is secure is critical. Brand reputations and financial viability depend on it. That said, there are many concerns around secure coding – and many barriers to its full and effective adoption. More than ever before, a new way of working is required.
Here at Secure Code Warrior, we’re constantly innovating to help equip developers and organizations with the right skills to tackle today’s ever changing security challenges. We’ve compiled the top features and updates to our platform, as well as the resources and guidelines published this year, to help your organization secure your software through developer-driven security at the start of the software development cycle.
The developers who create the software, applications and programs that drive digital business have become the lifeblood of many organizations. Most modern businesses would not be able to (profitably) function, without competitive applications and programs, or without 24-hour access to their websites and other infrastructure.
We were recently very excited to see the first Forbes Technology Council post by our chairman and CEO, Pieter Danhieux, go live. The post detailed how upskilling developers to create more secure code is a key to preventing cyberattacks and data breaches.
Effectively learning about secure coding and retaining that knowledge can make it seem like it’s inherently difficult, but with the right tools and culture, it doesn't have to be. However, it’s not always easy to convince stakeholders and superiors to invest in the right kind of training. Here are some handy tips to help you gain their allegiance.
The same 10 software vulnerabilities have caused more security breaches in the last 20+ years than any others. And yet, many businesses still opt for post-breach, post-event remediation; muddling through the human and business ramifications of it all. But now a new research study points to a new, human-led direction.
Almost every developer team these days employs some form of compliance training, whether it’s part of an initial certification process used to ensure that a company is staying within the bounds of industry frameworks or governmental regulations, or as part of an annual requirement or review. It’s an important step, because if an organization can’t meet basic compliance requirements, then its workers can’t realistically perform their duties.
Generative AI offers financial services companies a lot of advantages, but also a lot of potential risk. Training developers in security best practices and pairing them with AI models can help create secure code from the start.
Stay ahead in securing LLM applications with the latest OWASP Top 10 updates. Discover what's new, what’s changed, and how Secure Code Warrior equips you with up-to-date learning resources to mitigate risks in Generative AI.
Organizations are facing tough decisions on AI usage to support long-term productivity, sustainability, and security ROI. It’s become clear to us over the last few years that AI will never fully replace the role of the developer. From AI + developer partnerships to the increasing pressures (and confusion) around Secure-by-Design expectations, let’s take a closer look at what we can expect over the next year.
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