You can turn writing secure code into a good habit. Something you barely stop to think about, like brushing your teeth or putting on your seat belt. High Tech Institute is working with the specialists at Hungary’s Cydrill to teach you how.
“We teach developers how not to code.” László Drajkó likes unsettling his conversational partners with this bold statement. Yet that’s what the software security courses taught by his company, Cydrill, revolve around: teaching coders the professional discipline to prevent weak spots in their software.
Perhaps “discipline” is too strong a word. Drajkó thinks it’s more comparable to putting on your seat belt. “You no longer notice you’re putting it on. In the same way, you can teach yourself the good habit of writing secure code. And then you’ll automatically avoid pitfalls, without stopping to think about it. We teach people to instinctively use good coding habits.” Secure coding doesn’t take more time, Drajkó says. “It takes time to learn how, but once you have there’s no difference.”
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