For those managing software development teams, balancing the need for cybersecurity with the pressure to deliver projects on time is no small task. There’s often a perception that security tasks will slow down the development process, introducing potential bottlenecks to release times. In fact, our recent research found that 61% of developers are concerned about security getting in the way of their workflow.
As with any project one of the most important aspects is aligning everyone towards the same goal which is, ultimately, safe and reliable applications. This means making the right choices when it comes to security so that their time is focussed on developing rather than fixing problems. After all, it’s far less disruptive and costly to deal with any software issues (including security ones) early on in the life cycle, rather than to have to rework an application, or pull it entirely to make fixes, once it’s running.
