Your Risks as a Developer

Your Risks as a Developer

As a developer, you control the keys to your company's kingdom. Literally. You have API keys, database credentials, signing certificates, and access to the code that runs the company.

Risk 1: Secrets in Code

You paste an API key into ChatGPT to debug an integration. ChatGPT's training now includes your company's production API key. An attacker can use it to access your company's systems.

The damage: Attackers can impersonate your company systems, access customer data, modify code, steal intellectual property.

Risk 2: Proprietary Code

You're implementing a novel algorithm core to your company's competitive advantage. You ask ChatGPT for help. You paste the code. ChatGPT now knows your secret.

The damage: A competitor sees the approach and builds it faster. your company loses the edge.

Risk 3: Dependency Compromise

You ask an AI tool "what's a good library for [X]?" The AI recommends a package. You install it. The package is malicious. Your entire application is now vulnerable.

The damage: Malware in production. Data theft. Ransomware.

Risk 4: Prompt Injection in AI-Generated Code

You use an AI to generate code. An attacker embeds hidden instructions in the code's context. The AI generates code that does something unexpected. You ship it without reviewing.

The damage: Vulnerabilities in production that are hard to detect.

The pattern: Developers are high-value targets because you have access, you move fast (less review time), and you often trust tools more than you should.

This course is about staying secure without losing productivity.