Stop AI software risk before it starts

The cost of addressing insecure code and subsequent technical debt is one of the biggest obstacles facing tech today. Learn how implementing a scalable secure code training program helps to reduce technical debt by addressing poor coding patterns and detecting vulnerabilities early in the software development cycle.

The perception of what constitutes the act of secure coding is up for debate. According to recent research in collaboration with Evans Data, this sentiment was revealed in black and white. The State of Developer-Driven Security 2022 survey delves into the key insights and experiences of 1200 active developers, illuminating their attitudes and challenges in the security realm.

This week, we officially celebrate eight years of Secure Code Warrior. On the one hand, that’s 350 times the length of the Apollo 11 mission, as well as the equivalent of 45,000 games of football, or playing Super Mario Odyssey 5696 times to the end. On the other, it’s just one-thirtieth the lifespan of a Giant Tortoise (250 years, if you’re wondering). In the world of a high-growth startup, it represents a journey of many twists, turns, lessons, and accomplishments, many of which were unimaginable when we were first inking our business plan.

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.

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.

Everyone knows the importance of a robust techstack. When it comes to finding and fixing vulnerabilities in code, reducing mean time to remediation and using trusted, robust solutions is the goal of Secure Code Warrior’s integrations. Integrating micro-learning moments into developer's workflows is the key to better learning and faster remediation.

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.

Developers won’t have a positive impact on vulnerability reduction without a foundational understanding of how the vulnerabilities work, why they are dangerous, what patterns cause them, and what design or coding patterns fix them in a context that makes sense in their world. A scaffolded approach allows layers of knowledge to give a full picture of what it means to code securely, defend a codebase, and stand up as a security-aware developer.

The importance of developer security skills is highlighted in the 2022 Gartner Cool Vendors in Software Engineering. Read more and get the full report.