Secure Software by Design 2026

Secure Software by Design 2026 will be held in person on July 23, 2026 at the CMU SEI offices in Arlington, VA. Make plans to join us!

Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has been in at the forefront of secure software development promoting a “shift left” approach to save time and money by addressing, preventing, or eliminating security weaknesses earlier in the software development cycle. Building on this approach, the 3rd annual Secure Software by Design event promotes security as an integral aspect of the entire software lifecycle by following deliberate, intentional engineering processes rather than by addressing security as one-off activities.

This event is intended to improve the state of this holistic secure development approach by bringing together thought leaders for presentations and discussions on all aspects of secure software systems development including application threat modeling, security requirements, secure software architectures, DevSecOps, secure development platforms & pipelines, software assurance, secure coding practices, software testing, and more.

For more information, please contact info@sei.cmu.edu.