Forrester: Show, Don’t Tell Your Developers How To Write Secure Code

Applications are the most frequent external attack vector for companies; as a result, security leadership made application security a top initiative in 2022. However, application security can only improve if developers code securely or remediate existing flaws — unfortunately, many developers don’t receive training with proper security know-how.

In this report from Forrester, you will learn how to get better at using Application Security Testing to heighten your developers’ security senses.

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In this report from Forrester, you will learn how to get better at using Application Security Testing to heighten your developers’ security senses.

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Summary

Developers are key to Application Security

AppSec is challenging; security engineers are held accountable for the security of the code that developers are writing. At the same time, developers don’t have the skills or resources to write secure code – most of them have never sat an application security exam in university!

To claw their way out, organizations should look at integrating developer-friendly Application Security Testing (AST) tools –earlier in the software development lifecycle.

Here’s what this report covered

Developers aren’t taught application security in top computer science programs in the US.\A new generation of application security testing tools is helping developers learn on the job.Secure coding practices can be promoted with guardrails, just-in-time training, and “security champions” programs.
A new generation of application security testing tools is helping developers learn on the job.
Secure coding practices can be promoted with guardrails, just-in-time training, and “security champions” programs.

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