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Application & OT Security · Foundational

Security Champion

A developer or engineer embedded in a product team who acts as the team's security advocate and liaison to the security group.

Definition

Security champions scale an AppSec program by promoting secure coding, triaging findings, participating in threat modeling and escalating issues. They receive extra training but remain part of the delivery team. A champions program is a common DevSecOps culture practice.

Example

A backend developer serves as the security champion and reviews SAST findings before each sprint review.

Exam tip

Champions scale security knowledge; they do not replace the central AppSec team.

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