Software companies succeed on their ability to ship valuable features quickly. Ideally, companies would give teams ample time to take security into consideration and think through all the implications of their code and configurations. But when the deadline pressure gets turned up, security becomes less of a priority.
While this may sound frightening, sometimes there are legitimate reasons to forego the tightest security constraints in favor of faster time-to-market. And there are steps companies can take to ensure that basic security hygiene gets practiced. Companies don’t need to maximize security at the cost of all else, but rather navigate the trade-off in a way that benefits users, employees, and the business. Let’s take a look at the tension between speed and security from an engineering standpoint, and identify how we can strike a balance that keeps us moving forward quickly and securely.
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