Secure Code Warrior provides one of the industry’s most comprehensive secure coding and AI security training catalogs, designed to help developers build safer software across modern development environments.

The SCW Learning Content Guide outlines the breadth and depth of training available across the Secure Code Warrior platform, including secure coding vulnerabilities, AI security topics, programming languages, frameworks, and role-based learning paths.

Inside the guide, you’ll find detailed coverage of training content mapped across common vulnerabilities, developer roles, and the technologies used in modern software development.

Download the guide to explore the full secure coding training catalog and discover how Secure Code Warrior helps organizations build lasting secure coding capability across engineering teams.

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Defining an agile secure coding learning plan is not an easy task, especially when there are compliance requirements and release deadlines to meet. But it is a worthwhile endeavor that will yield benefits such as improved productivity and reduced risk. 

Security maturity in development teams is assessed based on their collective ability to shift left and embed security through all stages of the software development lifecyle, enabling security-skilled developers to be the first line of defense in identifying and fixing vulnerabilities. 

In this guide, we explore the lessons learned from three real-life Secure Code Warrior customers. By learning from their experience, you can begin to assemble an agile secure code learning blueprint for your organization.

Discover:

• What challenges did organizations face at different stages of developer security maturity?
• What were the key lessons learned along the way?
• What results can you expect with each phase of the security maturity journey?

Situation

Before Workday implemented agile learning with Secure Code Warrior, they were utilizing in-house courses that comprised of recordings of PowerPoint presentations that covered OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities with some pseudocode examples. Alex Uda, Program Manager for security developer training, realized this wasn’t helping his team and the security team at large to achieve their goals of improving Workday’s overall security posture. Because developers were quickly becoming unengaged in their training, they decided to begin soliciting their feedback and noted that there were two items that continued to come up:

1. The need for more hands-on type of training 
2. The need for more language-specific content
   

Action 

In working with developers, Alex and his team identified two main priorities in winning developer buy-in to create an engaging, successful secure code learning program.

Clarity and simplicity 

Most developers do not arrive at their jobs with knowledge of security. Anything that is frustrating or time-consuming will lead developers to stray towards workarounds and hacks. What Workday noted about SCW is that it allowed developers to have a clear sense of the process, own it, and integrate it into their workflows.

Actionability and value 

Developers, first and foremost, want to be able to action something that is affecting the codebase/lifecycle, and action it fast. To do so, developers need to be educated on how to do so. If you want a developer to be interested in something like security, highlighting the value of these topics.

In terms of structuring the program, Alex and his team first gathered feedback on the platform from a pilot group of security champions and worked with their customer success manager to implement their suggestions. Alex and the team then looked at their SAST tools and different metrics on the number of incidents and security events to assess what the highest risks are in their current environment, and what is happening across the industry. They initially focused on the OWASP top 10 and the most common, high-risk vulnerabilities at Workday
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“By giving developers that learning and that agency, SCW made it so that we were able to make active improvements to our software security. It’s not all about writing code, it’s also about growth opportunities and career opportunities. Workday’s support for the security program exists because it’s an area where the entire company is aligned, so developers were allowed that time for learning and development. Taking two hours a week to do some learning over a period of time helps to build that muscle memory with consistency.”
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Results

Traditionally, it’s easy to think of security at the end stage of the development process. Working with the security team, developers at Workday now see security as an important component of the development cycle. They can action security items quickly and earlier in the SDLC, which has been the biggest impact of that program. For one team based in Dublin, their developers went from 4662 security issues - which averaged almost 31.08 issues a day - down to 0 in a period of around 18 months.

Alex described the growth of the program as, “a snowball effect after we began with top-of-mind security champions. As we socialized the program and its benefits to leadership and continued to increase our membership we saw almost a natural growth due to word of mouth. From a training perspective, our goal is to give our developers the necessary skills to develop code securely. This is especially critical as Workday continues to grow."

Key takeaways

According to Alex, “In order to successfully scale security it’s imperative that our developers have a security mindset to help identify security risks during the design phase of their software development. This fits in our shift left initiative to empower our developers to help save time, money, and some heartache. The better job we do in secure code learning, the fewer vulnerabilities we see from our scans and pentest results.”

For developers, it’s important to have fun when learning about security 
SCW is great at showing how exciting it can be. If you are getting involved in security learning, embrace it fully. Consider it as a part of your development process and a part of your career growth.

‍Encourage developers to reach out to the team if they are curious about security
Have a conversation, and start that collaboration.‍

Security as a black box or as a bolt-on to your project is archaic and ultimately does a disservice to your software
Embracing security as part of the development process - the same way we embrace TDD, agile, and linting - will improve the flow and increase the quality of software being delivered to customers.

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The Cyber Resilience Act 2024 (CRA) is an EU regulation that introduces mandatory cybersecurity requirements for most products with a digital component sold in theEU. The CRA enhances cybersecurity standards of such products, which in turn requires manufacturers, importers, distributors, and retailers to ensure cybersecurity throughout the lifecycle of these products. Secure Code Warrior supports CRA readiness with CRA-aligned Quests and conceptual learning collections that help development teams build the Secure by Design, SDLC, and secure coding skills aligned with the CRA’s secure development principles.

Developer Risk Management is a holistic and proactive approach to application security, focused on code contributors rather than within the bits and bytes of the application layer itself.

Proactively measure, manage and mitigate developer security risk across the SDLC to improve security posture, release software faster and cut vulnerabilities by 53% or more.

The philosophy behind Developer Risk Management is that, through upskilling code contributors and applying governance to secure coding skills programmatically, the benefits and impact of developer-driven secure code initiatives increase exponentially.

OpenText Application Security, previously known as Fortify, and Secure Code Warrior have partnered to enhance application security by empowering developers to become security champions. The integration enables targeted vulnerability education, faster remediation, and hands-on training to upskill developers in writing secure code from the start.

This collaboration reduces security risks, minimizes costs, and streamlines compliance by embedding security into the software development lifecycle, helping companies build customer trust and ship high-quality code faster.

Read more about the partnership in our One Pager.

Key Takeaways

Kamer van Koophandel (KVK) has built a modern, developer-first security program that stands out as a model for the industry. In partnership with Secure Code Warrior, KVK has embedded secure coding practices into everyday development workflows, established a structured certification program embraced across the organization, and achieved measurable risk reduction that demonstrates the power of a proactive, developer-driven approach to security. Highlights include:

"We already had a strong security foundation, but we wanted to take it further and make security second nature for every developer. That’s why we partnered with Secure Code Warrior and made education the cornerstone of our strategy, equipping our teams to build secure software with confidence from the start."

– Sebastiaan Rijnbout, Product Owner of Development Services

‍The challenge

Creating a Developer-First Security Mindset

KVK, the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce, plays a pivotal role in supporting entrepreneurs across the Netherlands. As the official body responsible for registering businesses, legal entities, and organizations engaged in economic activities, KVK fosters transparency and strengthens the integrity of the business ecosystem. Beyond registration, KVK provides valuable information and advice on key entrepreneurial topics, from legal and regulatory guidance to insights on financing, current developments, and cybersecurity. By offering reliable data and collaborating with both national and regional economic stakeholders, KVK helps create a secure and well-informed environment for entrepreneurs to thrive in. When KVK began its journey to further enhance application security, it had established foundational security measures in place, including penetration testing. While these measures provided valuable insights, KVK saw an opportunity to scale security earlier in the development lifecycle and empower developers to take ownership of risk reduction.

In 2022, KVK selected Secure Code Warrior and launched its first secure coding training initiative with a developer-focused approach. What began as a grassroots effort to engage developers, quickly evolved into a cross-functional program backed by leadership and the CISO office, transforming secure development from an aspiration into an organizational standard.

The solution

Building a Culture, Not Just a Program

With sponsorship from the CISO, KVK’s Secure Software Development Lifecycle team partnered with Secure Code Warrior to define an organization-wide strategy and build a mandatory, role-based certification program that:

KVK harnessed the flexibility of Secure Code Warrior’s platform to create a certification program tailored to their unique organizational needs. By mapping training programs to specific roles, new hires begin with OWASP Top 10 awareness training, while senior engineers tackle advanced, scenario-based exercises mapped to real-world workflows. Champion-level developers mentor peers, foster knowledge-sharing, and help scale security expertise across teams. KVK’s program includes annual re-certification to ensure skills stay current, with full implementation underway as the organization continues to expand coverage and adapt to new risks like AI-driven vulnerabilities and emerging threats.

“Integrating certifications into our development process was a turning point,” said Sebastiaan. “It showed every developer that security is a shared priority and a natural part of how we build software. With Secure Code Warrior, learning isn’t a one-off event, it’s continuous, contextual, and seamlessly woven into our daily development culture.”

The result: training felt relevant, achievable, and directly tied to developers’ day-to-day work. By early 2024, 90% of KVK developers had achieved the Foundation level certification — a milestone that validated both the strategy and the cultural shift toward developer-led security.

The Results

Real Impact, Measurable Progress

KVK’s investment in secure development with Secure Code Warrior has delivered powerful results:

KVK leverages SCW Trust Score®, a benchmark that measures an organization’s commitment to secure coding practices based on key security metrics. Over the course of six months, KVK’s Trust Score rose significantly, placing them in the top 12% of organizations worldwide.

“The SCW Trust Score gives us clear, data-driven visibility into where our risks lie and how to focus our training where it matters most,” Sebastiaan explained. “It’s not just a benchmark, it’s a roadmap that helps us prove progress, and demonstrate the real business value of secure development.”

KVK, in partnership with Secure Code Warrior, has set a new standard for developer-driven security. By uniting strong leadership, a clear strategy, and measurable outcomes, they have transformed secure development into a core business capability, one that meets compliance requirements and serves as a model for the industry. With SCW’s reporting aligned to ISO 27001/27002 certification standards, KVK can also validate its program’s effectiveness during audits, demonstrating that secure development is not merely recommended, it is required.

KVK has plans to expand its certification program beyond engineering to include QA testers, DevOps, and low-code developers, reinforcing that security is a shared responsibility across the organization. They also plan to introduce SCW’s AI/LLM-focused content to help developers code securely alongside tools like GitHub Copilot and are working with SCW Professional Services to optimize the rollout of Trust Agent. These efforts showcase what’s possible when secure coding becomes a shared responsibility, not just for developers but for the entire organization.

“Our partnership with Secure Code Warrior has been smooth and productive,” said Sebastiaan. “They helped us implement and improve our training program, resulting in measurable risk reduction and a stronger culture of secure development.”

With Secure Code Warrior, KVK has laid a strong foundation for secure development, and they’re just getting started.