Watch a 21-minute conference talk from DevOpsDays Tel Aviv where Java Champion and Developer Advocate Brian Vermeer explores the critical importance of empowering developers to make security-conscious decisions from the start of development. Learn why effective communication and collaboration between security and development teams is essential for improving developer adoption of security practices. Discover how combining a collaborative culture with appropriate processes and tooling enables development teams to build more secure applications. Gain insights from Vermeer's decade-plus experience as a software engineer, his role as Developer Advocate at Snyk, and his extensive background leading developer communities including the Virtual JUG, NLJUG, and DevSecCon.