Designing Security For Developers, Not Around Them
Security Boulevard, Wednesday, October 15th, 2025
Generative AI (GenAI) is improving productivity across many roles, especially for developers. There is no question about that. In fact, a 2023 study by McKinsey found that with GenAI, developers can document code in half the time, write new code nearly twice as fast and optimize existing code in about one-third the time.
Further, 83% of organizations have already adopted AI for code creation, and 57% now rely on AI-powered coding tools as a standard part of their development process.
But there are risks. Traditional security models that rely on perimeter, infrastructure or access controls do not protect the data itself. These methods add extra steps for developers and often delay security until the end of the development process. This raises a question: Why is security still handled this way, and should it be? A better approach would be to integrate data protection into systems that developers can use easily, addressing today's security challenges with practical solutions.