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This approach requires a mindset shift through the lifecycle. Before we might have asked, "How quickly can we find and fix what went wrong?" That's still a valid question. But we're looking at asking another question much earlier: "Where are risks entering our development process, and what can we change in our designs, tools, templates, dependencies, and reviews so fewer of them reach code in the first place?"

Coding always starts with a vision of the result desired. This process sparks a design stage, where designers and coders (sometimes the same person or people) work out how to approach the coding process. It's here, before the first line of code is written, that vulnerabilities start to manifest.

That situation arises because design decisions impact implementation. While working through the design, consider these factors carefully: