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Secure Code Warrior, a leader in AI software governance and developer security upskilling, announced it has signed a strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS), and has launched new interactive, hands-on training modules now available within the Secure Code Warrior platform. The new modules enable developers and engineers to build Secure by Design habits, maintain continuous risk awareness, and adopt secure operational practices for Amazon Bedrock, the platform for building generative AI applications and agents at production scale.

Secure Code Warrior, the industry leader in Developer Risk Management (DRM), is expanding its commitment to empowering developers with the knowledge and skills to build secure software. As part of this ongoing initiative, the company is launching a new 12-week AI and LLM Security video series available on YouTube, offering free resources to help developers confidently navigate emerging AI coding risks. The weekly video series guides software developers through the AI/LLM security concepts they can master to confidentially pursue AI-assisted code development and mitigate risks to the organizations they serve.

Secure Code Warrior, the leading developer risk management company, today announced the availability of AI Security Rules on GitHub – a first-of-its-kind, free resource to help developers generate more secure code when working with AI coding tools like GitHub Copilot, Cline, Roo, Cursor, Aider and Windsurf. These security-focused AI coding rulesets provide developers with structured, security-minded guidance that is purpose-built for real-world agent-assisted development.

Today, Secure Code Warrior, the global, developer-driven security leader, issued new findings on developer upskilling and its impact on organizations’ Secure-by-Design (SBD) initiatives. Since April 2024, more than 200 companies, including Secure Code Warrior, have signed the Secure-by-Design pledge. The new analysis shows that organizations across critical infrastructure industries, like financial services, defense, healthcare and IT, are making progress in preparing their developers to advance their SBD initiatives. Secure Code Warrior found that these industries’ developer teams possess an average security posture - as measured by the SCW Trust Score, a global benchmark that quantifies developer teams’ security competencies - that is higher than that of other industries.

Secure Code Warrior, the global, developer-driven security leader, today announced the availability of SCW Trust Agent – an industry-first solution that assesses the specific security competencies of developers for every code commit. This innovative offering enables CISOs and application security (AppSec) teams to embrace a Secure-by-Design approach with deeper visibility into their organizations’ software development security posture.

Secure Code Warrior, the global, developer-driven security leader, today unveiled SCW Trust Score, the industry’s first benchmark that quantifies the security posture of organizations’ developer teams. SCW Trust Score provides a vital baseline of the impact of their learning programs, assesses its effectiveness, and enables security, developer and engineering teams to more effectively collaborate and recalibrate skills training.

Secure Code Warrior, the global, developer-driven security leader, today announced that Netskope, a global SASE leader, launched its developer training program through Secure Code Warrior’s agile learning platform.

Secure Code Warrior, the global, developer-driven security leader, today announced that it will host its third annual Devlympics secure coding competition on October 17-18, 2023. Devlympics is a free tournament that welcomes developers from all over the world and levels of expertise to participate in coding challenges. The winner will be crowned, “The Ultimate Warrior” and receive recognition and prizes.

Secure Code Warrior, the leading agile learning platform for developer-driven security leaders, today announced it closed its Series C funding round, led by Paladin Capital Group. At $50M USD, this marks the largest investment since the company’s inception, bringing its total funding to date to over $100M USD.

Secure Code Warrior, the global, developer-driven security leader, today unveiled Coding Labs, a new mechanism that allows developers to more easily move from learning to applying secure coding knowledge, leading to fewer vulnerabilities in code. This marks the first time a coding-specific platform has enabled real-time coding in an in-browser integrated development environment (IDE).

Secure Code Warrior, the global, developer-driven security leader, today announced that it will host its second annual Devlympics secure coding competition October 19-20. The competition will give developers around the world the opportunity to test their skills against vulnerabilities in code and put their secure coding skills to work. The winner will be crowned, “The Ultimate Warrior” and receive a cash prize.

Secure Code Warrior, the global developer-driven security leader, was recognized as one of four “Cool Vendors in Software Engineering: Enhancing Developer Productivity”, by GartnerⓇ. Secure Code Warrior is the only company on the list who focuses on developer-driven security enabled by an intuitive learning platform.

Secure Code Warrior, the global, developer-driven security leader, today announced an exciting addition to the Okta Integration Network. Okta, the leading independent provider of identity, and Secure Code Warrior collaborated to deliver a new solution - the Secure Code Warrior (SCW) Connector for Okta Workflows, which enables organizations and developers to write secure code from the start of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).

Secure Code Warrior, the global, developer-driven security leader, released findings from its annual ‘The State of Developer-Driven Security’ 2022 survey, which found that developers’ actions and attitudes toward software security are in conflict. While many developers acknowledge the importance of applying a security-led approach in the software development lifecycle, 86% do not view application security as a top priority when writing code.

Secure Code Warrior, the global developer driven security leader, today announced it has joined GitLab Inc.’s global partner program. As part of the partnership, Secure Code Warrior will make its learning platform capabilities available to developers on GitLab’s DevOps Platform, supporting a developer-led security approach. Additionally, this integration will enhance real-time secure coding guidance that is pivotal when detecting and fixing vulnerabilities efficiently.

Developer-led security has received a much-needed elevation due to a strategic partnership between Secure Code Warrior®, an Australian-based start-up and Amazon Web Services (AWS), with enterprises now able to ensure enhanced cloud security and compliance.

Global secure coding company Secure Code Warrior® is set to bring leading global organizations and developers together to compete in an international secure coding championship for its inaugural ‘Devlympics 2021’ during Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

Global secure coding company Secure Code Warrior® has announced the signing of its 400th customer and strong business performance in response to an increased demand for security-aware and security-skilled developers across all industries worldwide.

At its inaugural Global Partner Virtual Summit, Secure Code Warrior® announced significant enhancements to its global partner program, as well as expanded integrations with leading DevSecOps vendors that extend its developer-centric approach to secure coding further into the global developer ecosystem.