In today’s fast-paced software development landscape, Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines are essential for delivering applications efficiently. However, the speed and automation they offer can inadvertently introduce security vulnerabilities if not properly managed. Integrating security into CI/CD pipelines, often referred to as DevSecOps, is no longer optional; it’s a necessity. The Importance of Security in CI/CD Traditional security practices often occur late in the development cycle, leading to delays and increased costs when vulnerabilities are discovered. By embedding security checks into the CI/CD pipeline, teams can identify and address issues early, reducing risk and maintaining development velocity. Key Strategies for Integrating Security Automated Security Testing Incorporate tools that automatically scan code for vulnerabilities during the build process. Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Dynamic Application ...
The default reaction to vibe coding has been alarm — a default assumption that letting AI write large chunks of an application is going to flood production with vulnerabilities and undocumented behavior. That fear is doing as much damage as the bad code people are afraid of. Teams that freeze, ban the tools or push the work into the shadows end up with less visibility into how AI is actually showing up in their codebase, not more. Tyler Merritt, CTO at UneeQ, joins Mike Vizard to push back on the panic and reframe the problem. Merritt’s argument is that AI-assisted development is a construction site, not a finished building — and construction sites are inherently messy. The job for engineering leaders isn’t to keep the site spotless, it’s to make sure the right safety systems, inspections and review steps are wrapped around the work that’s happening anyway. They get into the practical mechanics of doing that. Instead of trusting any single model, Merritt makes the case for using mu...