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Security & Development: Where's the love?
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Why is it important for security and development teams to collaborate effectively?
In today's dynamic digital landscape, the importance of effective collaboration between security and development teams cannot be overstated. The escalation of security threats, coupled with the complexity of modern applications, calls for a new level of connection between these traditionally isolated & siloed teams.
Collaboration ensures the continuous delivery of secure and reliable software, while also enhancing agility. Instead of security being an afterthought, gate, or a hurdle, it becomes an accelerated process woven into the fabric of development. In a culture of collaboration, the notion that "speed kills security" transforms into "speed INCLUDES security". This forms the basis for the emerging DevSecOps role and toolchain.
Regular exchanges between security and development teams foster an environment of shared understanding and responsibility, dispelling the outdated trope of security playing the role of a ‘gatekeeper’. Mutual goals, smooth communication, and shared accountability lead to a more responsive, efficient, and secure process.
The best place to get started is with a shared understanding and prioritization of vulnerabilities.
EchoLayer is building a new way to remediate vulnerabilities with zero toil: www.echolayer.ai
Effectively addressing security concerns through collaboration
The merging of security and development, known as DevSecOps, is more than just a buzzword - it’s a fundamental shift in software development methodology that integrates security organically into the entire development life cycle.
Collaboration enables early and continuous detection and remediation of security vulnerabilities. Once security becomes an integral part of the development process, developers can both foresee and prevent security issues from occurring. Security staff, on the other hand, can educate and guide developers towards secure coding practices, creating applications that are secure by design. This also allows security staff to move towards enabling paved roads for security and higher leverage work to drive down risk.
Simultaneously, by equipping the development team with robust and automated security tools, this collaboration leads to quicker identification and faster resolution of security issues. This reduces the Mean-Time-To-Remediation (MTTR) significantly, thus minimizing potential damages.
Lastly, this collaboration improves the security posture of applications, mitigates risks, optimizes resources, and saves costs associated with fixing security issues later in the process. Effectively, the collaboration of development and security teams drives value for the entire organization, creating a safer, more secure development environment that can respond swiftly to ever-evolving threats.
Ways to improve security and development collaboration
DevSecOps the first step of many to better collaboration
By adopting a DevSecOps mindset - one that intertwines development, operations, and security - organisations are taking a dynamic step towards strengthening collaboration. DevSecOps encourages shared responsibility in the development life cycle, fostering an environment where security concerns are addressed effectively, without stifling the innovation and speed of development teams.
Adding vulnerability management to the SDLC
Incorporating the identification and management of vulnerabilities in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is crucial. By doing so, security becomes an integrated part of the development process right from the planning phase. Developers can foresee security risks and design solutions proactively.
Enhancing the SDLC with security’s context
Embedding security’s context in the SDLC allows developers to understand the impact and relevance of security considerations in their code. It's not only about finding and eliminating vulnerabilities, but about understanding the potential implications of those vulnerabilities. By providing more security context, developers can build a security-focused mindset, enabling them to write safer, more secure code.
A single pane of glass for issue management
Consolidating security issue management into a single, comprehensive dashboard can help teams triage, examine, and resolve security problems in a unified manner. This "single pane of glass" ensures visibility, clarity, and accountability, streamlining collaboration between developers and application security teams while encouraging faster resolution of security risks.
By collaborating closely, developers and security professionals can jointly prioritize security issues based on factors like potential impact, severity, and business risk. This approach ensures the most critical vulnerabilities are addressed promptly, enhancing the overall security posture of applications while aligning with business priorities.
Advancing policy with OPA & Rego
OPA (Open Policy Agent) and Rego (OPA's policy language) hold great potential for embedding security within the SDLC. They allow policies that enforce good security practices to be defined, tested, and executed across the software stack. Policy-as-code enables security and development teams to collaborate on defining measures that comply with the highest security standards.
Challenges in today’s toolchain and workflows
Security has blunt tools
Gates are often used as security tools, they can sometimes create disruptions in the workflow by slowing down the development process. For instance, if a security vulnerability is detected during a ‘gate check’, it can cause development delays due to the need for remediation. However, continuous integration of security in the development process can help minimize these disruptions, allowing for a more productive DevSecOps practice.
Blameless culture but we still use Git Blame
In the pursuit of a blameless culture, recognising and learning from mistakes is vital without assigning blame on specific individuals. Tools like 'Git Blame' can identify the origin of a bug, but it's the team's responsibility to address the error constructively. It's important to use such tools as a means to identify areas of improvement, rather than pointing fingers at individuals, hence promoting a healthy and collaborative work environment.
Also, let’s be real, git blame could use an enhancement. That’s why in EchoLayer we provide the expert (rather than whoever ran a lint last).
Developer experience (DevX) matters so does security experience
In order to collaborate effectively, development and security teams should both focus on enhancing their workflow experience. A seamless developer experience (DevX) enables faster, efficient coding, and application deployment. Similarly, a solid security experience fosters a proactive approach to threat identification and mitigation. A well-built bridge between DevX and SecX means security being woven seamlessly into the development process while allowing the developers to maintain their efficiency and productivity.
EchoLayer is building a new way to remediate vulnerabilities with zero toil: www.echolayer.ai
Go Back
Security & Development: Where's the love?
cofounder
Why is it important for security and development teams to collaborate effectively?
In today's dynamic digital landscape, the importance of effective collaboration between security and development teams cannot be overstated. The escalation of security threats, coupled with the complexity of modern applications, calls for a new level of connection between these traditionally isolated & siloed teams.
Collaboration ensures the continuous delivery of secure and reliable software, while also enhancing agility. Instead of security being an afterthought, gate, or a hurdle, it becomes an accelerated process woven into the fabric of development. In a culture of collaboration, the notion that "speed kills security" transforms into "speed INCLUDES security". This forms the basis for the emerging DevSecOps role and toolchain.
Regular exchanges between security and development teams foster an environment of shared understanding and responsibility, dispelling the outdated trope of security playing the role of a ‘gatekeeper’. Mutual goals, smooth communication, and shared accountability lead to a more responsive, efficient, and secure process.
The best place to get started is with a shared understanding and prioritization of vulnerabilities.
EchoLayer is building a new way to remediate vulnerabilities with zero toil: www.echolayer.ai
Effectively addressing security concerns through collaboration
The merging of security and development, known as DevSecOps, is more than just a buzzword - it’s a fundamental shift in software development methodology that integrates security organically into the entire development life cycle.
Collaboration enables early and continuous detection and remediation of security vulnerabilities. Once security becomes an integral part of the development process, developers can both foresee and prevent security issues from occurring. Security staff, on the other hand, can educate and guide developers towards secure coding practices, creating applications that are secure by design. This also allows security staff to move towards enabling paved roads for security and higher leverage work to drive down risk.
Simultaneously, by equipping the development team with robust and automated security tools, this collaboration leads to quicker identification and faster resolution of security issues. This reduces the Mean-Time-To-Remediation (MTTR) significantly, thus minimizing potential damages.
Lastly, this collaboration improves the security posture of applications, mitigates risks, optimizes resources, and saves costs associated with fixing security issues later in the process. Effectively, the collaboration of development and security teams drives value for the entire organization, creating a safer, more secure development environment that can respond swiftly to ever-evolving threats.
Ways to improve security and development collaboration
DevSecOps the first step of many to better collaboration
By adopting a DevSecOps mindset - one that intertwines development, operations, and security - organisations are taking a dynamic step towards strengthening collaboration. DevSecOps encourages shared responsibility in the development life cycle, fostering an environment where security concerns are addressed effectively, without stifling the innovation and speed of development teams.
Adding vulnerability management to the SDLC
Incorporating the identification and management of vulnerabilities in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is crucial. By doing so, security becomes an integrated part of the development process right from the planning phase. Developers can foresee security risks and design solutions proactively.
Enhancing the SDLC with security’s context
Embedding security’s context in the SDLC allows developers to understand the impact and relevance of security considerations in their code. It's not only about finding and eliminating vulnerabilities, but about understanding the potential implications of those vulnerabilities. By providing more security context, developers can build a security-focused mindset, enabling them to write safer, more secure code.
A single pane of glass for issue management
Consolidating security issue management into a single, comprehensive dashboard can help teams triage, examine, and resolve security problems in a unified manner. This "single pane of glass" ensures visibility, clarity, and accountability, streamlining collaboration between developers and application security teams while encouraging faster resolution of security risks.
By collaborating closely, developers and security professionals can jointly prioritize security issues based on factors like potential impact, severity, and business risk. This approach ensures the most critical vulnerabilities are addressed promptly, enhancing the overall security posture of applications while aligning with business priorities.
Advancing policy with OPA & Rego
OPA (Open Policy Agent) and Rego (OPA's policy language) hold great potential for embedding security within the SDLC. They allow policies that enforce good security practices to be defined, tested, and executed across the software stack. Policy-as-code enables security and development teams to collaborate on defining measures that comply with the highest security standards.
Challenges in today’s toolchain and workflows
Security has blunt tools
Gates are often used as security tools, they can sometimes create disruptions in the workflow by slowing down the development process. For instance, if a security vulnerability is detected during a ‘gate check’, it can cause development delays due to the need for remediation. However, continuous integration of security in the development process can help minimize these disruptions, allowing for a more productive DevSecOps practice.
Blameless culture but we still use Git Blame
In the pursuit of a blameless culture, recognising and learning from mistakes is vital without assigning blame on specific individuals. Tools like 'Git Blame' can identify the origin of a bug, but it's the team's responsibility to address the error constructively. It's important to use such tools as a means to identify areas of improvement, rather than pointing fingers at individuals, hence promoting a healthy and collaborative work environment.
Also, let’s be real, git blame could use an enhancement. That’s why in EchoLayer we provide the expert (rather than whoever ran a lint last).
Developer experience (DevX) matters so does security experience
In order to collaborate effectively, development and security teams should both focus on enhancing their workflow experience. A seamless developer experience (DevX) enables faster, efficient coding, and application deployment. Similarly, a solid security experience fosters a proactive approach to threat identification and mitigation. A well-built bridge between DevX and SecX means security being woven seamlessly into the development process while allowing the developers to maintain their efficiency and productivity.
EchoLayer is building a new way to remediate vulnerabilities with zero toil: www.echolayer.ai
Go Back
Security & Development: Where's the love?
cofounder
Why is it important for security and development teams to collaborate effectively?
In today's dynamic digital landscape, the importance of effective collaboration between security and development teams cannot be overstated. The escalation of security threats, coupled with the complexity of modern applications, calls for a new level of connection between these traditionally isolated & siloed teams.
Collaboration ensures the continuous delivery of secure and reliable software, while also enhancing agility. Instead of security being an afterthought, gate, or a hurdle, it becomes an accelerated process woven into the fabric of development. In a culture of collaboration, the notion that "speed kills security" transforms into "speed INCLUDES security". This forms the basis for the emerging DevSecOps role and toolchain.
Regular exchanges between security and development teams foster an environment of shared understanding and responsibility, dispelling the outdated trope of security playing the role of a ‘gatekeeper’. Mutual goals, smooth communication, and shared accountability lead to a more responsive, efficient, and secure process.
The best place to get started is with a shared understanding and prioritization of vulnerabilities.
EchoLayer is building a new way to remediate vulnerabilities with zero toil: www.echolayer.ai
Effectively addressing security concerns through collaboration
The merging of security and development, known as DevSecOps, is more than just a buzzword - it’s a fundamental shift in software development methodology that integrates security organically into the entire development life cycle.
Collaboration enables early and continuous detection and remediation of security vulnerabilities. Once security becomes an integral part of the development process, developers can both foresee and prevent security issues from occurring. Security staff, on the other hand, can educate and guide developers towards secure coding practices, creating applications that are secure by design. This also allows security staff to move towards enabling paved roads for security and higher leverage work to drive down risk.
Simultaneously, by equipping the development team with robust and automated security tools, this collaboration leads to quicker identification and faster resolution of security issues. This reduces the Mean-Time-To-Remediation (MTTR) significantly, thus minimizing potential damages.
Lastly, this collaboration improves the security posture of applications, mitigates risks, optimizes resources, and saves costs associated with fixing security issues later in the process. Effectively, the collaboration of development and security teams drives value for the entire organization, creating a safer, more secure development environment that can respond swiftly to ever-evolving threats.
Ways to improve security and development collaboration
DevSecOps the first step of many to better collaboration
By adopting a DevSecOps mindset - one that intertwines development, operations, and security - organisations are taking a dynamic step towards strengthening collaboration. DevSecOps encourages shared responsibility in the development life cycle, fostering an environment where security concerns are addressed effectively, without stifling the innovation and speed of development teams.
Adding vulnerability management to the SDLC
Incorporating the identification and management of vulnerabilities in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is crucial. By doing so, security becomes an integrated part of the development process right from the planning phase. Developers can foresee security risks and design solutions proactively.
Enhancing the SDLC with security’s context
Embedding security’s context in the SDLC allows developers to understand the impact and relevance of security considerations in their code. It's not only about finding and eliminating vulnerabilities, but about understanding the potential implications of those vulnerabilities. By providing more security context, developers can build a security-focused mindset, enabling them to write safer, more secure code.
A single pane of glass for issue management
Consolidating security issue management into a single, comprehensive dashboard can help teams triage, examine, and resolve security problems in a unified manner. This "single pane of glass" ensures visibility, clarity, and accountability, streamlining collaboration between developers and application security teams while encouraging faster resolution of security risks.
By collaborating closely, developers and security professionals can jointly prioritize security issues based on factors like potential impact, severity, and business risk. This approach ensures the most critical vulnerabilities are addressed promptly, enhancing the overall security posture of applications while aligning with business priorities.
Advancing policy with OPA & Rego
OPA (Open Policy Agent) and Rego (OPA's policy language) hold great potential for embedding security within the SDLC. They allow policies that enforce good security practices to be defined, tested, and executed across the software stack. Policy-as-code enables security and development teams to collaborate on defining measures that comply with the highest security standards.
Challenges in today’s toolchain and workflows
Security has blunt tools
Gates are often used as security tools, they can sometimes create disruptions in the workflow by slowing down the development process. For instance, if a security vulnerability is detected during a ‘gate check’, it can cause development delays due to the need for remediation. However, continuous integration of security in the development process can help minimize these disruptions, allowing for a more productive DevSecOps practice.
Blameless culture but we still use Git Blame
In the pursuit of a blameless culture, recognising and learning from mistakes is vital without assigning blame on specific individuals. Tools like 'Git Blame' can identify the origin of a bug, but it's the team's responsibility to address the error constructively. It's important to use such tools as a means to identify areas of improvement, rather than pointing fingers at individuals, hence promoting a healthy and collaborative work environment.
Also, let’s be real, git blame could use an enhancement. That’s why in EchoLayer we provide the expert (rather than whoever ran a lint last).
Developer experience (DevX) matters so does security experience
In order to collaborate effectively, development and security teams should both focus on enhancing their workflow experience. A seamless developer experience (DevX) enables faster, efficient coding, and application deployment. Similarly, a solid security experience fosters a proactive approach to threat identification and mitigation. A well-built bridge between DevX and SecX means security being woven seamlessly into the development process while allowing the developers to maintain their efficiency and productivity.
EchoLayer is building a new way to remediate vulnerabilities with zero toil: www.echolayer.ai
Go Back
Security & Development: Where's the love?
cofounder
Why is it important for security and development teams to collaborate effectively?
In today's dynamic digital landscape, the importance of effective collaboration between security and development teams cannot be overstated. The escalation of security threats, coupled with the complexity of modern applications, calls for a new level of connection between these traditionally isolated & siloed teams.
Collaboration ensures the continuous delivery of secure and reliable software, while also enhancing agility. Instead of security being an afterthought, gate, or a hurdle, it becomes an accelerated process woven into the fabric of development. In a culture of collaboration, the notion that "speed kills security" transforms into "speed INCLUDES security". This forms the basis for the emerging DevSecOps role and toolchain.
Regular exchanges between security and development teams foster an environment of shared understanding and responsibility, dispelling the outdated trope of security playing the role of a ‘gatekeeper’. Mutual goals, smooth communication, and shared accountability lead to a more responsive, efficient, and secure process.
The best place to get started is with a shared understanding and prioritization of vulnerabilities.
EchoLayer is building a new way to remediate vulnerabilities with zero toil: www.echolayer.ai
Effectively addressing security concerns through collaboration
The merging of security and development, known as DevSecOps, is more than just a buzzword - it’s a fundamental shift in software development methodology that integrates security organically into the entire development life cycle.
Collaboration enables early and continuous detection and remediation of security vulnerabilities. Once security becomes an integral part of the development process, developers can both foresee and prevent security issues from occurring. Security staff, on the other hand, can educate and guide developers towards secure coding practices, creating applications that are secure by design. This also allows security staff to move towards enabling paved roads for security and higher leverage work to drive down risk.
Simultaneously, by equipping the development team with robust and automated security tools, this collaboration leads to quicker identification and faster resolution of security issues. This reduces the Mean-Time-To-Remediation (MTTR) significantly, thus minimizing potential damages.
Lastly, this collaboration improves the security posture of applications, mitigates risks, optimizes resources, and saves costs associated with fixing security issues later in the process. Effectively, the collaboration of development and security teams drives value for the entire organization, creating a safer, more secure development environment that can respond swiftly to ever-evolving threats.
Ways to improve security and development collaboration
DevSecOps the first step of many to better collaboration
By adopting a DevSecOps mindset - one that intertwines development, operations, and security - organisations are taking a dynamic step towards strengthening collaboration. DevSecOps encourages shared responsibility in the development life cycle, fostering an environment where security concerns are addressed effectively, without stifling the innovation and speed of development teams.
Adding vulnerability management to the SDLC
Incorporating the identification and management of vulnerabilities in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is crucial. By doing so, security becomes an integrated part of the development process right from the planning phase. Developers can foresee security risks and design solutions proactively.
Enhancing the SDLC with security’s context
Embedding security’s context in the SDLC allows developers to understand the impact and relevance of security considerations in their code. It's not only about finding and eliminating vulnerabilities, but about understanding the potential implications of those vulnerabilities. By providing more security context, developers can build a security-focused mindset, enabling them to write safer, more secure code.
A single pane of glass for issue management
Consolidating security issue management into a single, comprehensive dashboard can help teams triage, examine, and resolve security problems in a unified manner. This "single pane of glass" ensures visibility, clarity, and accountability, streamlining collaboration between developers and application security teams while encouraging faster resolution of security risks.
By collaborating closely, developers and security professionals can jointly prioritize security issues based on factors like potential impact, severity, and business risk. This approach ensures the most critical vulnerabilities are addressed promptly, enhancing the overall security posture of applications while aligning with business priorities.
Advancing policy with OPA & Rego
OPA (Open Policy Agent) and Rego (OPA's policy language) hold great potential for embedding security within the SDLC. They allow policies that enforce good security practices to be defined, tested, and executed across the software stack. Policy-as-code enables security and development teams to collaborate on defining measures that comply with the highest security standards.
Challenges in today’s toolchain and workflows
Security has blunt tools
Gates are often used as security tools, they can sometimes create disruptions in the workflow by slowing down the development process. For instance, if a security vulnerability is detected during a ‘gate check’, it can cause development delays due to the need for remediation. However, continuous integration of security in the development process can help minimize these disruptions, allowing for a more productive DevSecOps practice.
Blameless culture but we still use Git Blame
In the pursuit of a blameless culture, recognising and learning from mistakes is vital without assigning blame on specific individuals. Tools like 'Git Blame' can identify the origin of a bug, but it's the team's responsibility to address the error constructively. It's important to use such tools as a means to identify areas of improvement, rather than pointing fingers at individuals, hence promoting a healthy and collaborative work environment.
Also, let’s be real, git blame could use an enhancement. That’s why in EchoLayer we provide the expert (rather than whoever ran a lint last).
Developer experience (DevX) matters so does security experience
In order to collaborate effectively, development and security teams should both focus on enhancing their workflow experience. A seamless developer experience (DevX) enables faster, efficient coding, and application deployment. Similarly, a solid security experience fosters a proactive approach to threat identification and mitigation. A well-built bridge between DevX and SecX means security being woven seamlessly into the development process while allowing the developers to maintain their efficiency and productivity.
EchoLayer is building a new way to remediate vulnerabilities with zero toil: www.echolayer.ai
Get started with EchoLayer
Close vulnerabilities today. Contact us now or learn more.
EchoLayer
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company.
We are SOC2 Compliant.
Security Audit
Codex Build Inc. • © Copyright 2021 - 2023
All Rights Reserved.
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Get started with EchoLayer
Close vulnerabilities today. Contact us now or learn more.
EchoLayer
A proud
company.
We are SOC2 Compliant.
Security Audit
Codex Build Inc. • © Copyright 2021 - 2023
All Rights Reserved.
Get started
Get started with EchoLayer
Close vulnerabilities today. Contact us now or learn more.
EchoLayer
A proud
company.
We are SOC2 Compliant.
Security Audit
Codex Build Inc. • © Copyright 2021 - 2023
All Rights Reserved.
Get started
Get started with EchoLayer
Close vulnerabilities today. Contact us now or learn more.
EchoLayer
A proud
company.
We are SOC2 Compliant.
Security Audit
Codex Build Inc. • © Copyright 2021 - 2023
All Rights Reserved.
Get started