March 28, 2023, 12:35 a.m. | Mark Michon

DEV Community dev.to

Security tools are intimidating. They’re made for security teams that already know the jargon and the details like CWE identifiers. But what about developers? We have tools that check for vulnerable dependencies and tools that check for leaked secrets, but we’re missing easy—actionable—advice on making our code more secure.


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