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The AppSec Dilemma: Speed vs. Security in Software Development

Organizations are under immense pressure to deliver software faster than ever, presenting significant challenges for security teams. The rapid rise in software vulnerabilities, expanding codebases, and lack of secure coding education have created a perfect storm for security failures. Without a strategic approach to secure development, companies risk increased breaches, financial losses, and reputational damage.

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30%

Ever-Evolving Security Concerns

30% increase in new vulnerabilities in 2024 from 2023

51%

Growing Demands on Developers

51% of developers have 100x the volume of code vs. ten years ago.

0%

Lack of Security Training

0 of the top 50 university coding programs require secure coding training.

PCI-DSS

Increasing Regulatory Pressures

New PCI-DSS requirements require secure code training.

Security Journey was collaborative with the team at Zoom to help understand our needs and how they could help us reach our goals. 

Robert Walker

Secure Software Development | Zoom

As an engineer, I love the hands-on problems! I think it's a really great challenge and also does a great job of making sure folks are paying attention. I'd highly recommend this.

Security Journey Customer

Engineer | Information Technology

It's nice to be able to consume smaller segments of training without requiring me to block large time blocks.

Security Journey Customer

Engineer | Health and Wellness Company

When I was searching for a replacement for Secure Code Warrior, Security Journey welcomed my business and even helped me create custom learning paths specific to my needs.​

Seth Strumph

CTO | Optimal Workshop

A Complete Secure Code Training Platform to Train Your Developers and Build a Secure Development Culture.

Security Journey Platform Assessment Results

Understand Your Developer's Needs

Tailor training with Developer Security Knowledge Assessments and Developer Profile

  • Our Developer Security Knowledge Assessments benchmark, track, and improve developer knowledge efficiently across three different categories: Secure Coding, Secure Development, and Core Security Topics.

  • Capture key details about each developer such as preferred programming languages, architectural tools and security knowledge with our Developer Profile.
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Security Journey Platform Hands-On Lesson

Secure Code Training

  •  Hand-on coding and video lessons across multiple languages, technologies and frameworks

  • Progressive and role-based learning to keep developers engaged with the best content for their skillset.

  • Topics allow you to easily assign content against your most pressing threats like the CWE Top 25 and OWASP Top 10
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Engage & Build a Secure Development Culture

  • Run Tournaments to engage, challenge, and test your team

  • Easily identify candidates for security champions through secure development knowledge assessments and enroll in the Security Champion Passport to get them on the path to officially becoming Security Champions
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Program Administration 

  • Easily manage learners through SSO/SAML, configure roles, and send communications

  • Effortlessly track progress using our Platform Progress Dashboard, or delve into learner, compliance, and training progress reporting for in-depth insights

  • Engage and reward learners with leaderboards and certificates

  • Understand real-time learner
    knowledge improvement for each lesson with our Secure Developer Knowledge Assessment Reports and Learning Swing measurement
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Security Journey Case Study

Zoom Selects Security Journey to Drive Application Security Excellence

Zoom needed a new secure coding training partner for their fast-growing engineering team to support new features, integrations, and capabilities.

Security Journey's AppSec Education Platform was implemented to support secure coding practices with required learning paths for new engineers and custom yearly training refreshers.

Zoom saw an immediate return on investment when developers proactively returned to previously completed code and addressed vulnerabilities based on what they learned in their training

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Who Can Use Security Journey's AppSec Education Platform?

When everyone in the SDLC has a solid understanding of security principles, the entire team can adopt a security-first mindset.

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We're Here to Help

Every Security Journey customer has access to:

  • An experienced Customer Success Manager

  • Unique In-App support for both Admins and Learners
  • Our extensive up-to-date knowledge base
  • Best practices and resources for engaging Learners
  • Security Champion and mentor guidance

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What Makes Security Journey Hands-On Training Different?

What Makes Security Journey Hands-On Training Different?

Discover what makes Security Journey different from other hands-on training platforms. 
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How To Use Implicit Gamification For AppSec Training

How To Use Implicit Gamification For AppSec Training

Gamification is more about understanding human motivations that drive us to play games to apply these techniques in other areas of life. 
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How to Integrate Role-Based Developer Training into Your AppSec Program

How to Integrate Role-Based Developer Training into Your AppSec Program

Let's dive into role-based training and how to use those principles for developer training and AppSec programs. 
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Development vs. Security: Make It Stop

Development vs. Security: Make It Stop

We are currently in an application security dilemma that costs organizations millions of dollars annually. 
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Security Journey Security Champions Podcast

The Security Champions Podcast

Gain exclusive insight from software development leaders and security experts – from recounting their security champion journey to diving into the latest headlines in the AppSec world. 
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Security Journey SQL Injection

Try a Lesson - SQL Injection

Before diving into the hands-on portion of this lesson, we will start with some background information on Injection, SQL Injection, and SQL Syntax.
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