Ep 210 Software Development and the Shift Left

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“Efficiency” seems like the new buzzword for federal technology in the next few years. When writing software sense, efficiency can mean writing code once and moving on to regular maintenance.

However, we see security initiatives being mandated that cause developers to go back to previous stable systems and add code alterations to comply with new cyber threats. Even beginner efficiency experts will tell you the time and cost of operating in this manner can be expensive.

Further, recording can add new bugs and risks, making the system more complex.

Federal technology leaders from CISA have not lost sight of this. They have a “Secure by Design” initiative that addresses this issue. As in many tech concerns, the concern is how to accomplish this noble task.

Today, we sit down with Nathan Jones from Sonar. He offers a solution that seeks to “shift left” the whole concept of security by design. His company provides systems that can review code to ensure its compliance. Further, he expands on an approach that can collaborate with developers while they write code.

Nathan Jones gives listeners details about how Sonar’s Qube can be deployed on a server, in the cloud, or with IDE.

The benefits are ample: lower maintenance, minimizing risk, and allowing a focus on innovation rather than rewriting code.