IT'S critical for developers to understand basic security concepts and best practices to build secure applications.

Software developers are creative problem solvers. Their job is to build functioning applications, and they deal with rapid changes — in technologies, tools and programming languages — as the landscape evolves and the development velocity accelerates. A key part of the development process is ensuring that the products delivered meet user needs and the goals of the business. And while they may not always be thinking about security, developers are, in fact, on the front lines of building secure applications.