Developers Spend 17 Hours A Week On Security - But Don't Consider It A Top Priority
ITPro, Friday, March 28th, 2025
More work on DevSecOps has been identified as a top priority for developer teams
Three quarters of developers spend more than 17 hours a week on security-related tasks - and one in four spends more than 25 hours each week.
That's according to a survey of 1,500 development heads, platform engineers and software engineers by security firm Checkmarx.
Despite security's heavy impact on workloads for developers, just 21% said that security is their top priority when coding - suggesting that perhaps spending more time up front could help avoid time spent on remediation down the line.