Developer security advocate Secure Code Warrior introduced a benchmark called SCW Trust Score to assess the security competence of software developer teams. This benchmark aims to quantify the impact of organizations' learning programs and enhance collaboration between security, developer, and engineering teams. The Trust Score, ranging from 0 to 1,000, aggregates the skill levels of developers based on 20 million data points from 250,000 learners at over 500 customers
By focusing on educating and training developers early in the development process, Secure Code Warrior hopes to improve code security. The Trust Score enables organizations to measure their developers' secure coding proficiency, compare against global and industry-specific benchmarks, and identify skills gaps. The initiative from Secure Code Warrior seeks to create an industry standard by setting high standards for secure coding and upskilling developer teams, ultimately raising the bar for secure coding practices across the developer community. https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366583152/Secure-coding-benchmark-to-increase-standards-among-developers