Simon Maple, Snyk: Developing the future of cybersecurity

Simon Maple, field CTO at Snyk, discusses the importance of embedding security into the development stage.

Could you tell us a little bit about the company and what you guys do?

Absolutely. Snyk’s a seven-year-old developer-focused company that happens to specialise in security. So seven years ago it realised there's a big gap where developers were the ones who needed to focus on security. They're the ones who actually fix issues. And so we decided the fix here is to create a...

Snyk launches the ‘first developer-centric cloud security solution

A security camera surrounded by clouds.

Snyk, a specialist in developer security, has unveiled Snyk Cloud, announcing the launch of the industry's first comprehensive Cloud Security Solution designed by and for developers.

This latest development was made possible by the acquisition of Fugue earlier this year. Thoughtfully designed with global DevSecOps teams in mind, Snyk’s Cloud Security solution unites and extends existing products Snyk Infrastructure as Code and Snyk Container with Fugue’s leading cloud security...

At DevSecCon24, find out how to build a Security Champions programme to scale your team

Next week, we’re looking forward to bringing together the amazing speakers, attendees and sponsors of DevSecCon24 to discuss, debate and understand how a Security Champions programme can work. As Snyk’s Field CTO, I’ll be leading a panel with stellar DevSecOps leaders from Twilio, Atlassian and Pearson to delve into how to get started, the challenges and the fine-tuning. Here’s a taster of where the discussion might lead.

The concept of a Security Champions...

Trend Micro partners with Snyk to fight open-source bugs

Cybersecurity leader Trend Micro is partnering up with application security platform Snyk to fight open-source bugs.

Research from Veracode last year found that open-source libraries cause security flaws in 70 percent of apps. Snyk itself has observed a 2.5x growth in open-source vulnerabilities over the past three years.

However, open-source is vital to the advancement of the software development industry. Snyk estimates that around 80 percent of application today is...