Security and Developer Experience - Can We Have Both?
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Explore the critical balance between security and developer experience in this 44-minute conference interview from GOTO Copenhagen 2025. Join three industry experts as they discuss why security often feels intimidating to developers and how organizations can implement security measures that remain invisible to users while maintaining effectiveness. Discover how platform engineering can reduce security friction and learn about the "shift-left" mindset that embeds security considerations early in the development process. Examine the tension between centralized platform defaults and team autonomy, and understand how to establish infrastructure guardrails within a shared-responsibility model. Delve into supply-chain security concerns, particularly around open source dependencies, and learn proactive approaches to managing these risks. Gain insights from practitioners at Syntasso, Chainguard, and the Quarkus project on making security seamless rather than burdensome for development teams.
Syllabus
Intro
Why does security feel scary?
Perfect security is invisible
Platform engineering vs security friction
“Shift‑left” mindset: Embed security early
Centralized platform defaults vs team autonomy
Supply‑chain focus & open source dependencies: Proactive security
Infrastructure guardrails & shared‑responsibility
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