Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

June 2020

Making a Case for the Cloud: Customers Give Their Honest Feedback of SaaS-Based AppSec

Before the pandemic, 70 percent of companies were in the early stages of a digital transformation. But given the current circumstances, companies are being forced to speed up those efforts. This statistic, coupled with the FBI’s findings that cyberattacks have increased by 400 percent over the last few months, supports the need for increased application security (AppSec) and the shift toward software-as-a-service (SaaS) models.

Veracode Achieves AWS DevOps Competency Status

We are pleased to announce that we have earned the AWS DevOps Competency status, which recognizes that Veracode provides proven technical proficiency and customer success helping organizations implement continuous integration and delivery practices on AWS. To receive the designation, APN Partners must possess deep expertise and deliver solutions seamlessly on AWS.

Veracode Security Labs: Hands-On Training To Shift Application Security Knowledge Left - Demo

Veracode Security Labs shifts application security knowledge left, training developers to tackle modern threats in the evolving cybersecurity landscape by exploiting and patching real code, and applying DevSecOps principles to deliver secure code on time. Through hands-on labs that use modern web apps written in your chosen languages, developers learn the skills and strategies that are directly applicable to an organization's code. With detailed progress reporting, email assignments, and a leaderboard, developers are encouraged to continuously level up their secure coding skills. When development is empowered to fix security defects and reduce risk, security teams are better supported to scale AppSec programs, meet compliance requirements, and achieve business outcomes.

4 Ways to Increase Developer Buy-In of AppSec

Today, most organizations are in a race to deliver new, innovative software before their competitors. In turn, they have gone from bi-annual software releases to daily, hourly, or even by-the-minute releases. To keep up with these rapid deployments, security has had to shift from being a late-stage blocker, to an integrated part of the development process. Developers have been doing their best to implement these security measures, but since their performance is often tied to the rate of deployments, speed tends to take precedence. As a security professional, what are some steps you can take so that security doesn't take a back seat to speed?