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# Why Security-First Development Helps You Ship Better Software Faster


- **Date:** Friday, Jul 11, 2025
- **Time:** 13:40–14:10 (30 min)
- **Room:** Stage 4
- **Event:** World Congress 2025
- **Tags:** cybersecurity

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1568-why-security-first-development-helps-you-ship-better-software-faster)

## Description

After leading engineering teams through multiple transformation initiatives, I've learned that one of the biggest misconceptions in our industry is that shipping secure software has to create delivery friction. This session challenges the traditional "develop slow, test lots" mentality by exploring how positioning security and reliability at the beginning of your software development workflow can accelerate delivery. 

Discover how automated security and reliability checks, integrated into your CI/CD pipeline, transform security from a bottleneck into a driver for increased release speed. Learn practical strategies for embedding security-first thinking into modern software systems and hear examples of how teams have shifted security left to ship secure software faster.


## Speaker

### [Michael Wildpaner](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@michael-wildpaner)

Maw Wildpaner, VP of Engineering, Security at GitLab


## Related talks at this congress

- [Simple Steps to Kill DevSec without Giving Up on Security](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/819-simple-steps-to-kill) — Isaac Evans
- [Real-World Security for Busy Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/860-real-world-security) — Kevin Lewis
- [Get security done: streamlining application security with Aikido](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/570-get-security-done) — Mia Neethling
- [Supply Chain Security and the Real World: Lessons From Incidents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/685-supply-chain) — Adrian Mouat