The latest articles on DEV Community by Eric (@erichgoldman). https://dev.to/erichgoldman https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F162906%2F21e4343d-5828-4a1e-b025-6eae44546c92.jpeg https://dev.to/erichgoldman en Eric Thu, 09 May 2019 14:07:02 +0000 https://dev.to/erichgoldman/developers-need-to-stop-fearing-the-infosec-mafia-170o https://dev.to/erichgoldman/developers-need-to-stop-fearing-the-infosec-mafia-170o <p>Sometimes it feels like your company’s Security team seems to push its way into everything — Do you want to implement a new feature, change an API? Not without security’s blessing, right? It can feel like your security team just complicates everything — and did you even really want <em>their protection</em> in the first place? Who are these guys to come in and force you to do things their way?</p> <p>When you frame it like this, your InfoSec team sure does sound like the mafia. But here’s the big difference: we’re not adding all of these processes and overhead for our benefit — we’d be just as happy if you could secure everything on your own...</p> <p>Let me keep it simple:</p> <blockquote> <p>We are responsible for protecting your application’s users and your business’ customers, that is why we do what we do.</p> </blockquote> <p>Still don’t believe me? <a href="https://medium.com/jettech/developers-need-to-stop-fearing-the-infosec-mafia-f61f4b8b8ba5">Continue reading the full article over at Medium</a> and let me see if I can change your mind.</p> <p>Preview of security puns you will enjoy:</p> <ul> <li>There may come a time when Security asks you for a favor…</li> <li>"sleeping with the phishes"</li> </ul> security appsec infosec applicationsecurity