Coding is a creative and challenging task that requires a lot of skill, knowledge, and attention. However, it can also be a source of vulnerabilities and risks for your organisation if you are not careful about the quality, security, and compliance of your code. Hackers, competitors, and malicious actors are constantly looking for ways to exploit any weaknesses in your code and compromise your data, systems, or reputation. That is why you need a reliable and trustworthy partner, like Ingentive, to help you code with confidence and peace of mind.
Microsoft Copilot is a powerful and innovative tool that can assist you in writing better, faster, and more secure code. It is an AI-powered coding assistant that can generate code suggestions, snippets, and solutions based on your natural language queries, comments, or existing code. It can also help you find and fix errors, bugs, and vulnerabilities in your code, as well as ensure that your code follows the best practices and standards of your organisation and industry. In this blog post, we will explore some of the benefits of using Copilot for your coding projects, especially in regard to organisational security and defence against threats.
How Microsoft Copilot can help secure your code:
Copilot can help you write code that is more robust, reliable, and resilient. It can suggest code that is optimised for performance, efficiency, and scalability, as well as code that is compatible with different platforms, frameworks, and languages. It can also help you avoid common pitfalls, errors, and bugs that can compromise the functionality, quality, and security of your code. For example, it can help you handle exceptions, validate inputs, sanitise outputs, encrypt data, implement authentication, and use secure libraries and APIs.
Your code will be compliant, consistent, and coherent. It can suggest code that follows the coding conventions, style guides, and documentation standards of your organisation and industry. It can also help you adhere to the legal, ethical, and regulatory requirements and guidelines that apply to your code and data. For example, it can help you respect the privacy, consent, and rights of your users and customers, as well as comply with the data protection, security, and governance laws and policies of your region and sector.
Microsoft Copilot can help you write code that is more secure, safe, and trustworthy. It can suggest code that is designed to prevent, detect, and mitigate any potential threats, attacks, or breaches that could harm your organisation or your users. It can also help you implement the best practices and principles of secure coding, such as defence in depth, least privilege, separation of concerns, and secure by design. For example, it can help you use encryption, hashing, salting, signing, and verification techniques, as well as secure communication protocols, certificates, and keys.
Copilot is more than just a coding assistant. It is a smart and reliable ally that can help you write code that is not only high-quality, efficient, and elegant, but also secure, compliant, and trustworthy. It can help you protect your organisation and your users from any potential risks, threats, or attacks that could compromise your code, data, or systems. It can also help you boost your productivity, creativity, and confidence as a coder, as well as enhance your skills, knowledge, and experience. If you want to learn more about Microsoft Copilot and how Ingentive can help you with your Copilot readiness and integration, book a meeting with us.
Why Ingentive?
As an organisation that offers both pro code and low code, we are uniquely placed when it comes to offering advice to businesses looking to digitally evolve, since we are unbiased. Ingentive act as a trusted pair of hands to guide you through the best options for your business – be it pro code or low code.
We stand as a strategic partner at the intersection of pro code and low code, empowering businesses to drive innovation, enhance collaboration, and achieve their strategic objectives. Whether it’s the precision of custom coding or the agility of low-code solutions like Copilot and Microsoft’s Power Platform, we provide a strategic and adaptive approach to software development, unlocking the full potential of businesses in the ever-evolving digital era. Choose Ingentive for a transformative partnership that aligns seamlessly with your strategic business vision.
We embrace the principles of “Zero Trust,” where trust is never assumed, and rigorous identity management plays a pivotal role.
Want to learn more?
We are uniquely placed as a Microsoft FastTrack Ready Partner that are able to diagnose your organisation’s digital processes, using your use cases. From this understanding, we create tailor-made solutions that suit your business needs.
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