Explore the many facets of Modern Application Development (MAD). We'll look at:

• What MAD is, and what makes it so fundamentally important today
• Organizational culture and mindset shifts needed to make MAD work
• New challenges and security risks that accompany a MAD approach

The Many Risk of Modern Application Development (MAD)

Learn more from this deep dive into the new security risks that come along with the MAD methodology.

• Open source, including unknown origins and licensing issues
• Microservices, including complexity and faulty security measures
• Containers, including low visibility and sensitive data exposure
• IaC, including steep learning curves and configuration drift
• APIs, including redundancies, monitoring challenges, and training

AppSec Considerations For Modern Application Development (MAD)

What are the Application Security considerations for MAD that organizations need to be mindful of and learn about best practices to managing:

• Applicative code risks
• Container code risks
• Infrastructure as code risks
• Developer AppSec awareness and training
• AST challenges in MAD

The pace of digital transformation has reached a speed never before seen, forcing organizations into an "adapt or die" situation. Software is at the center of it all, placing increased pressure on DevOps leaders, AppSec managers, and developers to develop and deploy software faster to keep their organizations digitally competitive and relevant.

However, this need for speed comes at a price, as security often falls by the wayside. As the proliferation of software continues, bringing with it an ever-expanding attack surface that's ripe for targeting by malicious actors, securing software must be a priority above all else.

When software is everywhere, everything becomes an attack surface.

The root cause of many successful cyberattacks lies primarily in vulnerable software itself. The real question that needs to be asked is, "Can the industry do a better job of writing more-secure code, making software applications nearly impenetrable to cyberattacks?" Here at Checkmarx we believe the answer is yes. Checkmarx is dedicated to building software security solutions that address the root cause of nearly every successful cyberattack by finding, classifying, reporting, and demonstrating where and how to fix vulnerabilities in software.

This paper provides practical guidance for CISOs, CIOs, and DevOps leaders for designing an effective application security program to secure modern application development via an integrated approach. The paper also aims to equip application security practitioners with research data to support building the business case for AST investments.

In this White Paper, readers will learn:

• The Implications of Deadline-driven Decisions
• The Open Source Software Dilemma
• Demystifying DevSecOps
• Critical Success Factors for an Effective AST Program
• Requirements for an Integrated Approach to AST
• The Bigger Truth

Raising AppSec awareness shouldn't be thought of as a distinct step in the SDLC. It's all about inserting awareness into every step of the SDLC in a manner that actually fuels faster releases. CxCodebashing was designed specifically for this reason. Through the use of open communication, ongoing engagement, gamified training, and on-the-spot remediation support, security managers can cultivate a culture that empowers developers to think and act securely in their day-to-day work.

To understand the challenges today's developers are facing, we commissioned our 2021 Global DevOps Secure Coding Education Survey. We engaged a third-party research firm to interview over 800 developers around the world to understand their thoughts and views on the security education techniques being used both now and in the future.

Survey report highlights include:

• Less than 3 in 10 Global Developers are completely confident that their code is secure.
• Less than 25% of Global Developers feel that the secure coding education they're currently receiving is adequate.
• 81% of Global Developers know that creating secure code is a shared responsibility.
• Nearly two-thirds of Global Developers want interactive secure coding education

Take a look at the infographic report summary and you'll see why CxCodebashing, our snackable, gamified, just-in-time AppSec training platform, along with CxSAST and the rest of the integrated Checkmarx security solutions are the way forward to seamlessly create groundbreaking secure code for an increasingly complex world.

Are you new to the Go language (Golang), or are you an old-schooler who just wants a single resource highlighting all the security advantages of Go? You've come to the right place!

To help you quickly increase your knowledge of Go security in general, we've compiled this short summary of security topics you should be aware of when using Go. If you're ready to learn more... Let's Go!

This is a summary of the extended work found in The Go Language Guide — Web Application Secure Coding Practices.

One of the largest European financial services institutions did not have a solution to address security vulnerabilities in their custom code. Falling under strict legal and industry standards for security and compliance, the organization considered manual approaches to address the security challenges they faced. However, they quickly realized they needed an integrated and automated way of improving the security of their custom code and looked to Checkmarx to remedy their situation.

As a result, the organization realized a 393 percent ROI and will recover its initial investment in less than five months after implementation.

This report takes a deep dive into how once Checkmarx Codebashing and SAST solutions were implemented, the organization realized a wide range of benefits including:

• Increased employee productivity
• Savings from reduced vulnerabilities
• Scalability in growing environment