Being part of security teams and working closely with development and engineering teams over the years, we often found ourselves as roadblocks to software releases due to security concerns. Not by choice, but by necessity. Security teams always lacked visibility into the application development lifecycle and often discovered critical vulnerabilities right before deployment, when fixes were expensive and disruptive.

We have seen security become more integrated into the SDLC, but not at the feature development stage where vulnerabilities are first introduced. Most security tools only detect issues after developers have spent weeks coding, merging, and testing. This forces developers to backtrack, slowing down releases and creating unnecessary friction between teams. 

We knew there had to be a better way. What if security was embedded at the feature development stage? What if vulnerabilities were caught at the commit level, before they became costly problems? Along this journey, we also realized that identifying issues isn’t enough. Developers face major challenges in remediation. False positives, vague alerts, and a lack of clear guidance make it difficult to focus on truly exploitable risks. 

That’s why we built Flyingduck, to bring security into the earliest stages of development, ensuring security and engineering teams work together seamlessly. By shifting security left, we help organizations reduce rework, minimize false positives, and accelerate secure releases, so security is no longer a blocker but a natural part of development.