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Central to this success is creating an environment where teams feel safe discussing security concerns . Karen has established clear principles for crossdepartmental collaboration : “ It ’ s about building robust processes that stretch across departments and understanding this is a safe place . Let ’ s fix the problem , not fix blame .” This approach builds trust and encourages open communication . “ Once people realise they can trust you and you ’ re not there in an adversarial relationship , it really helps .”
This collaborative approach is particularly crucial in software development , where security needs to be considered from the start . “ If you ’ re not baking security into what you ’ re doing and you ’ re trying to bolt it on later , you will fail ,” Karen states . She challenges teams to think about the long-term implications of bypassing security measures : “ I ask people : How can you not have time to do it right the first time , but somehow in six months you ’ re going to have time to go back and redo it ? When you point that out , they usually get it .”
“ Security can ’ t be the speed bump or the toll booth . We have to be a passenger in the car , moving at the same speed as everyone else and working with them ”
KAREN HOLMES , HEAD OF BUSINESS SECURITY , BRIGHTCOVE