Secure Coding Practices: Anchoring security in the development process
Secure Coding and SDLC: threat modeling, STRIDE, language patterns for Python/Java/Node/Go, SAST/DAST/SCA in CI/CD, SBOM, OWASP SAMM.
Summary: Security Champions are developers or engineers who serve as advocates for security within their teams. They act as a bridge between the security team and the development teams, promote secure coding practices, identify security risks early on, and help scale application security across the entire organization.
Sources & References
- [1] OWASP Secure Coding Practices Quick Reference Guide - OWASP
- [2] Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle - Microsoft
- [3] NIST Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) - NIST
- [4] OWASP Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS) - OWASP
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Managing Director of AWARE7 GmbH with many years of expertise in information security, penetration testing and IT risk management. Graduate of the Internet Security master's program at Westfälische Hochschule (if(is), Prof. Norbert Pohlmann). Bestselling author with Wiley-VCH and lecturer at the ASW-Akademie. His assessments of cybersecurity and digital sovereignty have appeared in Welt am Sonntag, WDR, Deutschlandfunk and Handelsblatt, among others.
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