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It seems as if we’re encountering new cyber threats every day — and the severity of their impact is growing. We now routinely deal with zero-day vulnerabilities and hybrid attacks, and when we face incidents such as Log4Shell, we rely on a group of volunteers to protect code that is deeply embedded in essential systems.
These events have pushed security teams to rethink what they do and to focus on proactive approaches that are rooted in software development security beyond “patch and pray.” Toward this goal, security teams should consider the following critical software development security trends for 2022, along with “best practices” responses to them.