Secure AI Assisted Development Building Safer Code with Claude Code, Codex, and Security Driven Prompts

​Title: Secure AI Assisted Development Building Safer Code with Claude Code, Codex, and Security Driven Prompts

​Abstract: AI coding assistants are rapidly changing how software is designed, written, reviewed, and tested. But without the right guardrails, these tools can also accelerate insecure patterns, introduce subtle vulnerabilities, and create new risks in the development workflow.

​In this practical, demo driven session, Jim Manico will show developers, security engineers, and technical leaders how to use AI coding tools more safely and effectively. Attendees will learn how to configure a secure AI coding environment, apply security focused prompt patterns, and use tools such as Claude Code and Codex to support secure code generation, vulnerability review, test creation, and remediation.

​The talk will focus on real world workflows that teams can apply immediately defining secure coding rules, constraining AI tool behavior, reviewing generated code for common OWASP risks, and combining AI assistance with human security judgment. Participants will leave with a clear model for integrating AI into software development without abandoning secure engineering discipline.

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​Speaker Bio:
Jim Manico is the founder of Manicode Security, where he helps software engineering teams build secure software through practical training, security engineering, and AI assisted development practices. A Java Champion, OWASP leader, startup advisor, investor, and author of Iron Clad Java Building Secure Web Applications, Jim has spent his career translating application security principles into concrete engineering practices that developers can use in production. A major focus of his current work is Manicode Prompts, a secure coding prompt library and workflow system for modern AI coding assistants that helps developers guide code generation, code review, testing, and remediation with explicit security intent. Through his work with Manicode Security and OWASP projects including the AISVS and Cheat Sheet Series, Jim continues to help organizations improve application security practices.

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