SCW Trust Agent - Visibility and Control to Scale Developer Driven Security
Organizations understand that secure by design principles are only successfully implemented through developer driven security. After all, developers are the ones designing, building, and ultimately committing the code that powers an organization's software. Ensuring that these invaluable contributors have the knowledge and skills to implement secure code best practices is absolutely critical. However, the challenge of achieving this goal comes down to aligning developer secure coding knowledge and skills with the programming languages they use when actually building software. Not an easy task for even the most mature organizations.
This challenge is further complicated by the sheer volume and mix of programming languages that are being used in an organization’s codebase, often completely unbeknownst to security teams. So how do CISOs, AppSec and Engineering leaders ensure that the code that is being produced and committed is backed by a developer’s secure code knowledge and skills in that commit’s specific programming language?
Introducing SCW Trust Agent
Secure Code Warrior launched SCW Trust Agent to answer this difficult question. SCW Trust Agent gives security leaders the visibility and control needed to scale developer driven security, empowering developers and teams to deliver code faster while maintaining and improving the security of what is committed.
How Does SCW Trust Agent Work?
SCW Trust Agent discovers and connects to your code repositories to assess the metadata present in every code commit. It inspects the developer that made the commit, the language or framework used, and the exact timestamp when the code was committed. It then pairs this analysis alongside data and insights from SCW’s industry-leading Learning Platform to determine if the developer has sufficient security knowledge in that specific programming language. Based on this information, it returns a rating on the health of that commit, based on the policy set by the organization. These policies are customizable and configurable, enabling teams to set specific guidelines and requirements for commits that can have a higher or lower threshold of developer secure code knowledge based on that project or repository’s overall sensitivity.
Next-Level Governance and Control
Building on this powerful visibility, Trust Agent offers integrated governance at scale through its flexible policy gating capabilities. This innovative feature allows organizations and teams to proactively apply and uphold their secure coding standards directly at the commit level. If a developer attempts to commit code in a language or framework where their secure coding skills do not meet an organization's predefined requirements, Trust Agent can automatically trigger a configurable action—logging the event for review, issuing a direct warning, or even blocking the pull request entirely.
These adaptable policy gates can be applied across any Git-based repository, offering a vital control point, especially for business-critical applications or those with stringent compliance demands, such as PCI-DSS 4.0 that prescribes language-specific security training in requirement 6.2.2. By precisely defining commit trust levels based on an organization's risk appetite, Trust Agent ensures that only code from developers with validated secure coding skills enters their most important repositories, fundamentally strengthening security posture.
Optimizing The Development Lifecycle
This proactive approach enabled by SCW Trust Agent not only improves an organization’s overall security posture, but also drives optimizations in the development lifecycle. By ensuring developers have secure code knowledge and skills in the language of their commit can greatly reduce the number of introduced vulnerabilities that would later need to be identified and remediated. Remediation and rework tend to be a large time drain for developers, interrupting their workflow and impacting their velocity. Reducing vulnerabilities through a proactive approach minimizes these remediation cycles keeping development teams focused on delivery of high value features.
Scaling Developer Driven Security
SCW Trust Agent gives organizations the tools they need to scale their developer driven security programs. CISOs and Appsec teams have the visibility and control they need to apply proper governance, meet and even exceed compliance standards with detailed insights into policy design, application and adherence. And developers are empowered to deliver secure code faster with secure code training that is specific to the languages they utilize in the code that they deliver.
SCW Trust Agent works with any Git-based source code management tool and connecting your code repository is easy with multiple connectivity options including on-premises, cloud based, and manual upload. To learn more visit www.scwtrustagent.com or contact us, we’d love to discuss how we can help your organization strengthen its security posture and scale developer driven security.
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published by Kyle Riordan and published on July 23, 2024. It has been updated with new information and research by Andrew Johnson, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Secure Code Warrior.
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SCW Trust Agent, introduced by Secure Code Warrior, offers security leaders the visibility and control needed to scale developer-driven security within organizations. By connecting to code repositories, it assesses code commit metadata, inspects developers, programming languages used, and shipment timestamps to determine developers' security knowledge.
Secure Code Warrior is here for your organization to help you secure code across the entire software development lifecycle and create a culture in which cybersecurity is top of mind. Whether you’re an AppSec Manager, Developer, CISO, or anyone involved in security, we can help your organization reduce risks associated with insecure code.
Book a demo
Kyle is a Principal Product Marketing Manager at Secure Code Warrior.
Organizations understand that secure by design principles are only successfully implemented through developer driven security. After all, developers are the ones designing, building, and ultimately committing the code that powers an organization's software. Ensuring that these invaluable contributors have the knowledge and skills to implement secure code best practices is absolutely critical. However, the challenge of achieving this goal comes down to aligning developer secure coding knowledge and skills with the programming languages they use when actually building software. Not an easy task for even the most mature organizations.
This challenge is further complicated by the sheer volume and mix of programming languages that are being used in an organization’s codebase, often completely unbeknownst to security teams. So how do CISOs, AppSec and Engineering leaders ensure that the code that is being produced and committed is backed by a developer’s secure code knowledge and skills in that commit’s specific programming language?
Introducing SCW Trust Agent
Secure Code Warrior launched SCW Trust Agent to answer this difficult question. SCW Trust Agent gives security leaders the visibility and control needed to scale developer driven security, empowering developers and teams to deliver code faster while maintaining and improving the security of what is committed.
How Does SCW Trust Agent Work?
SCW Trust Agent discovers and connects to your code repositories to assess the metadata present in every code commit. It inspects the developer that made the commit, the language or framework used, and the exact timestamp when the code was committed. It then pairs this analysis alongside data and insights from SCW’s industry-leading Learning Platform to determine if the developer has sufficient security knowledge in that specific programming language. Based on this information, it returns a rating on the health of that commit, based on the policy set by the organization. These policies are customizable and configurable, enabling teams to set specific guidelines and requirements for commits that can have a higher or lower threshold of developer secure code knowledge based on that project or repository’s overall sensitivity.
Next-Level Governance and Control
Building on this powerful visibility, Trust Agent offers integrated governance at scale through its flexible policy gating capabilities. This innovative feature allows organizations and teams to proactively apply and uphold their secure coding standards directly at the commit level. If a developer attempts to commit code in a language or framework where their secure coding skills do not meet an organization's predefined requirements, Trust Agent can automatically trigger a configurable action—logging the event for review, issuing a direct warning, or even blocking the pull request entirely.
These adaptable policy gates can be applied across any Git-based repository, offering a vital control point, especially for business-critical applications or those with stringent compliance demands, such as PCI-DSS 4.0 that prescribes language-specific security training in requirement 6.2.2. By precisely defining commit trust levels based on an organization's risk appetite, Trust Agent ensures that only code from developers with validated secure coding skills enters their most important repositories, fundamentally strengthening security posture.
Optimizing The Development Lifecycle
This proactive approach enabled by SCW Trust Agent not only improves an organization’s overall security posture, but also drives optimizations in the development lifecycle. By ensuring developers have secure code knowledge and skills in the language of their commit can greatly reduce the number of introduced vulnerabilities that would later need to be identified and remediated. Remediation and rework tend to be a large time drain for developers, interrupting their workflow and impacting their velocity. Reducing vulnerabilities through a proactive approach minimizes these remediation cycles keeping development teams focused on delivery of high value features.
Scaling Developer Driven Security
SCW Trust Agent gives organizations the tools they need to scale their developer driven security programs. CISOs and Appsec teams have the visibility and control they need to apply proper governance, meet and even exceed compliance standards with detailed insights into policy design, application and adherence. And developers are empowered to deliver secure code faster with secure code training that is specific to the languages they utilize in the code that they deliver.
SCW Trust Agent works with any Git-based source code management tool and connecting your code repository is easy with multiple connectivity options including on-premises, cloud based, and manual upload. To learn more visit www.scwtrustagent.com or contact us, we’d love to discuss how we can help your organization strengthen its security posture and scale developer driven security.
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published by Kyle Riordan and published on July 23, 2024. It has been updated with new information and research by Andrew Johnson, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Secure Code Warrior.
Organizations understand that secure by design principles are only successfully implemented through developer driven security. After all, developers are the ones designing, building, and ultimately committing the code that powers an organization's software. Ensuring that these invaluable contributors have the knowledge and skills to implement secure code best practices is absolutely critical. However, the challenge of achieving this goal comes down to aligning developer secure coding knowledge and skills with the programming languages they use when actually building software. Not an easy task for even the most mature organizations.
This challenge is further complicated by the sheer volume and mix of programming languages that are being used in an organization’s codebase, often completely unbeknownst to security teams. So how do CISOs, AppSec and Engineering leaders ensure that the code that is being produced and committed is backed by a developer’s secure code knowledge and skills in that commit’s specific programming language?
Introducing SCW Trust Agent
Secure Code Warrior launched SCW Trust Agent to answer this difficult question. SCW Trust Agent gives security leaders the visibility and control needed to scale developer driven security, empowering developers and teams to deliver code faster while maintaining and improving the security of what is committed.
How Does SCW Trust Agent Work?
SCW Trust Agent discovers and connects to your code repositories to assess the metadata present in every code commit. It inspects the developer that made the commit, the language or framework used, and the exact timestamp when the code was committed. It then pairs this analysis alongside data and insights from SCW’s industry-leading Learning Platform to determine if the developer has sufficient security knowledge in that specific programming language. Based on this information, it returns a rating on the health of that commit, based on the policy set by the organization. These policies are customizable and configurable, enabling teams to set specific guidelines and requirements for commits that can have a higher or lower threshold of developer secure code knowledge based on that project or repository’s overall sensitivity.
Next-Level Governance and Control
Building on this powerful visibility, Trust Agent offers integrated governance at scale through its flexible policy gating capabilities. This innovative feature allows organizations and teams to proactively apply and uphold their secure coding standards directly at the commit level. If a developer attempts to commit code in a language or framework where their secure coding skills do not meet an organization's predefined requirements, Trust Agent can automatically trigger a configurable action—logging the event for review, issuing a direct warning, or even blocking the pull request entirely.
These adaptable policy gates can be applied across any Git-based repository, offering a vital control point, especially for business-critical applications or those with stringent compliance demands, such as PCI-DSS 4.0 that prescribes language-specific security training in requirement 6.2.2. By precisely defining commit trust levels based on an organization's risk appetite, Trust Agent ensures that only code from developers with validated secure coding skills enters their most important repositories, fundamentally strengthening security posture.
Optimizing The Development Lifecycle
This proactive approach enabled by SCW Trust Agent not only improves an organization’s overall security posture, but also drives optimizations in the development lifecycle. By ensuring developers have secure code knowledge and skills in the language of their commit can greatly reduce the number of introduced vulnerabilities that would later need to be identified and remediated. Remediation and rework tend to be a large time drain for developers, interrupting their workflow and impacting their velocity. Reducing vulnerabilities through a proactive approach minimizes these remediation cycles keeping development teams focused on delivery of high value features.
Scaling Developer Driven Security
SCW Trust Agent gives organizations the tools they need to scale their developer driven security programs. CISOs and Appsec teams have the visibility and control they need to apply proper governance, meet and even exceed compliance standards with detailed insights into policy design, application and adherence. And developers are empowered to deliver secure code faster with secure code training that is specific to the languages they utilize in the code that they deliver.
SCW Trust Agent works with any Git-based source code management tool and connecting your code repository is easy with multiple connectivity options including on-premises, cloud based, and manual upload. To learn more visit www.scwtrustagent.com or contact us, we’d love to discuss how we can help your organization strengthen its security posture and scale developer driven security.
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published by Kyle Riordan and published on July 23, 2024. It has been updated with new information and research by Andrew Johnson, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Secure Code Warrior.
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Organizations understand that secure by design principles are only successfully implemented through developer driven security. After all, developers are the ones designing, building, and ultimately committing the code that powers an organization's software. Ensuring that these invaluable contributors have the knowledge and skills to implement secure code best practices is absolutely critical. However, the challenge of achieving this goal comes down to aligning developer secure coding knowledge and skills with the programming languages they use when actually building software. Not an easy task for even the most mature organizations.
This challenge is further complicated by the sheer volume and mix of programming languages that are being used in an organization’s codebase, often completely unbeknownst to security teams. So how do CISOs, AppSec and Engineering leaders ensure that the code that is being produced and committed is backed by a developer’s secure code knowledge and skills in that commit’s specific programming language?
Introducing SCW Trust Agent
Secure Code Warrior launched SCW Trust Agent to answer this difficult question. SCW Trust Agent gives security leaders the visibility and control needed to scale developer driven security, empowering developers and teams to deliver code faster while maintaining and improving the security of what is committed.
How Does SCW Trust Agent Work?
SCW Trust Agent discovers and connects to your code repositories to assess the metadata present in every code commit. It inspects the developer that made the commit, the language or framework used, and the exact timestamp when the code was committed. It then pairs this analysis alongside data and insights from SCW’s industry-leading Learning Platform to determine if the developer has sufficient security knowledge in that specific programming language. Based on this information, it returns a rating on the health of that commit, based on the policy set by the organization. These policies are customizable and configurable, enabling teams to set specific guidelines and requirements for commits that can have a higher or lower threshold of developer secure code knowledge based on that project or repository’s overall sensitivity.
Next-Level Governance and Control
Building on this powerful visibility, Trust Agent offers integrated governance at scale through its flexible policy gating capabilities. This innovative feature allows organizations and teams to proactively apply and uphold their secure coding standards directly at the commit level. If a developer attempts to commit code in a language or framework where their secure coding skills do not meet an organization's predefined requirements, Trust Agent can automatically trigger a configurable action—logging the event for review, issuing a direct warning, or even blocking the pull request entirely.
These adaptable policy gates can be applied across any Git-based repository, offering a vital control point, especially for business-critical applications or those with stringent compliance demands, such as PCI-DSS 4.0 that prescribes language-specific security training in requirement 6.2.2. By precisely defining commit trust levels based on an organization's risk appetite, Trust Agent ensures that only code from developers with validated secure coding skills enters their most important repositories, fundamentally strengthening security posture.
Optimizing The Development Lifecycle
This proactive approach enabled by SCW Trust Agent not only improves an organization’s overall security posture, but also drives optimizations in the development lifecycle. By ensuring developers have secure code knowledge and skills in the language of their commit can greatly reduce the number of introduced vulnerabilities that would later need to be identified and remediated. Remediation and rework tend to be a large time drain for developers, interrupting their workflow and impacting their velocity. Reducing vulnerabilities through a proactive approach minimizes these remediation cycles keeping development teams focused on delivery of high value features.
Scaling Developer Driven Security
SCW Trust Agent gives organizations the tools they need to scale their developer driven security programs. CISOs and Appsec teams have the visibility and control they need to apply proper governance, meet and even exceed compliance standards with detailed insights into policy design, application and adherence. And developers are empowered to deliver secure code faster with secure code training that is specific to the languages they utilize in the code that they deliver.
SCW Trust Agent works with any Git-based source code management tool and connecting your code repository is easy with multiple connectivity options including on-premises, cloud based, and manual upload. To learn more visit www.scwtrustagent.com or contact us, we’d love to discuss how we can help your organization strengthen its security posture and scale developer driven security.
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published by Kyle Riordan and published on July 23, 2024. It has been updated with new information and research by Andrew Johnson, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Secure Code Warrior.
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