This whitepaper presents seven actionable strategies to bridge the gap between AppSec and development teams, transforming security from a compliance burden into a natural part of the development workflow. Checkmarx demonstrates that developer adoption—not just vulnerability detection—defines AppSec success.
A Fortune 500 case study showcased in the paper reveals that applying these strategies increased remediation performance by 149,900%, scaling from just 50 fixes per quarter to over 15,000 within six months.
The core message: developer buy-in is the catalyst for secure, scalable software. The strategies include:
- Integrate security into existing workflows and tools, ensuring developers never leave their IDEs
- Accelerate remediation with AI-guided and auto-fix capabilities
- Prioritize real-world risk through reachability and exploitability analysis
- Shift security left, enabling developers to address vulnerabilities early
- Provide secure coding training and foster security champions within dev teams
- Establish shared success metrics like mean time to remediate (MTTR) and change failure rate
- Empower developers to own security by making it accessible, actionable, and frictionless
Ultimately, the paper reframes AppSec adoption as empowerment over enforcement—creating a culture where developers fix security issues faster and more effectively, sustaining innovation without slowing down development.