Leadership Synergy: Reduce Friction Between Developer Productivity and Application Security

Uncover wasted developer time and reduce long wait and cycle times with secure-by-design platforms.

Strengthen executive leadership collaboration

Access key findings and recommendations to help drive advancements through the collaboration of cybersecurity and software leaders.

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    Take a coordinated approach to reduce friction

    Application security that reduces the risk of malicious intrusion and breaches requires strong communication between software engineering and security leadership.

    To enhance collaboration and improve security, leaders should:  

    • Avoid treating the shift-left mindset as a reason to offload the bulk of security responsibility onto software engineers

    • Improve developer experience while considering impacts to software risks

    • Break down silos to improve communication, partnership and collaboration

    Drive innovation through stronger partnerships

    Answer to top C-suite priorities

    Two out of three software engineering leaders consider application security highly important to deliver software that meets business needs.

    Improve productivity across the organization

    Balance responsibilities appropriately to avoid security controls that are too tight for job efficiency. 

    Break out of leadership and team silos

    Improve communication to prevent breakdowns leading to frustration, burnout and security incidents.

    Reduce the risk of malicious intrusions

    Enable developers to interact with security in their own value streams by reducing additional cognitive load.

    How Gartner clients have achieved success

    • Cybersecurity
    • Software Engineering
    • IT Leaders

    Streamlining the technology evaluation process and achieving optimal vendor terms

    Jim Loveless
    Chief Information Security Officer
    Company: Nemours
    Industry: Healthcare
    Employees: 5,001-10,000

    Creating a high-quality developing experience at Hargreaves Lansdown

    Matt Bonetti
    Head of Digital Colleague Experience
    Company: Hargreaves Lansdown
    Industry: Financial Services
    Employees: >2,000

    How Teleperformance actively implements AI to stay ahead

    Danny Kuivenhoven
    Global Head of AI
    Company: Teleperformance
    Industry: Digital Business Services
    Employees: >500,000

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