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World Congress 2025 • Aug 20, 2025 • Session details

Why Security-First Development Helps You Ship Better Software Faster

Michael Wildpaner

Security doesn't kill developer velocity; fixing production bugs does. Learn how left-shifting automated safeguards preserves your flow and actually accelerates software delivery.

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Treating security and reliability as foundational software elements

Treating security like Maslow's hierarchy of needs ensures applications possess actual business value before optimization.

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Accelerating overall software delivery through security-first development

Shifting the definition of software delivery to include secure functionality in production speeds up overall development lifecycles.

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Avoiding the hidden costs of production security vulnerabilities

Fixing security issues upstream prevents the technical and emotional drain of scrambling during production outages.

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Optimizing security solutions for developer context and flow

Asynchronous security alerts break focus loops, making real-time intervention critical for maintaining software engineering efficiency.

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Integrating security checks into design and active coding phases

Shifting security discussions to technical design and providing real-time code environment feedback prevents expensive downstream architectural rework.

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Utilizing static analysis for foundational source code security

Scanning infrastructure as code, application secrets, and dependencies at the build stage neutralizes core homegrown vulnerabilities.

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Detecting hidden behavioral flaws using runtime dynamic analysis

Techniques like coverage-guided fuzzing and overload testing expose runtime correctness issues that static analysis inherently misses.

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Balancing engineering scale with limited application security resources

Empowering software engineers to handle basic vulnerabilities frees critically understaffed security teams to tackle systemic architectural flaws.

#9 about 2 min

Building shared visibility and accountability across engineering units

Integrating real-time safety measures within standard workflows creates cooperative ownership between development and security teams.

#10 about 2 min

Scaling remediation efforts through artificial intelligence and platform consolidation

Emerging machine learning models and consolidated development platforms increasingly automate vulnerability fixes and organization-wide policy application.

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Preparing security protocols for massive artificial intelligence code volume

Both development and security teams must adapt verification processes to manage the massive influx of heavily automated source code.

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Improving tool accuracy and delivering automated vulnerability remediation

Sustainable security adoption requires high-accuracy platforms that replace generic vulnerability reports with actionable and deterministic code fixes.

Matching moments

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Making security a foundational feature in software development

Eileen Uchitelle Eileen Uchitelle +1 · Coffee With Developers

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Scaling security teams through developer advocates

Tanya Janca · World Congress 2021

6:32 min

Embracing DevSecOps and automating the software development lifecycle

Mathias Tausig · LIVE

2:49 min

Integrating fundamental security evaluations into agile development sprints

Bozidar Spirovski Bozidar Spirovski +1 · Coffee With Developers

5:25 min

Shifting left and creating internal security champion programs

Vandana Verma Sehgal · LIVE

1:28 min

Shifting security left to adapt to rapid code generation

Milin Desai Milin Desai +3 · World Congress 2026 Europe

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