# A developer's best friend: Lessons learned from our canine companions about AI code security

DevFeed: [A developer's best friend: Lessons learned from our canine companions about AI code security](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-developer-s-best-friend-lessons-learned-from-our-canine-companions-about-ai-code-security-7787.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://snyk.io/blog/a-developers-best-friend/>)

Author: Krysta Williams-Timm

Published: 2024-08-26T05:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog RSS Feed | Snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-rss-feed-snyk.md>)

Topics: [Securing AI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/securing-ai.md>), [Application Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/application-security.md>), [Generative AI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/generative-ai.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Pull Request](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pull-request.md>)

Tags: [ai-code-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-code-security.md>), [application-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/application-security.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [code-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-security.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [generative-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generative-ai.md>), [megawatt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/megawatt.md>), [pull-request](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-request.md>), [security-vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security-vulnerabilities.md>), [snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/snyk.md>)

## AI overview

This article uses the metaphor of a loyal guard dog to explain how AI security companions can help developers identify and fix vulnerabilities in AI-generated code. It emphasizes addressing security issues as soon as code enters a pull request, before they move further through development workflows.

## Source excerpt

In honor of this year's International Dog Day, we've put together three lessons that we can learn from our four-legged friends about AI code security.