Case Study: Tier-1 Financial Institution achieves security-first developer training with Secure Code Warrior

How a Tier-1 Financial Institution created a Revolutionary Security Certification Experience

Tier-1 Financial Institution, a global Tier-1 banking customer, needed a better way to build secure coding and cybersecurity awareness into its in-house technology education initiative. With developers often treating security as a separate team’s responsibility, the organization wanted to move beyond theory-heavy or checkbox compliance training and make security a shared part of software quality from the start. Secure Code Warrior was brought in to help support this shift with a more engaging approach to developer upskilling.

Secure Code Warrior provided a gamified, interactive certification program that combined hands-on learning with internal guidelines and industry best practices. The result was strong adoption and measurable impact, including 5,000+ hours of training, 46,000 challenges completed, and 300 security-aware developers and growing. The program is expanding to more than 2,500 developers, with over 90% already active, helping strengthen collaboration between development and AppSec teams while building a lasting security-first culture.