AI-assisted coding is accelerating software development at an unprecedented speed. According to McKinsey research, developers using generative AI tools can complete coding tasks up to twice as fast compared to traditional methods, with significant reductions in time spent on documentation, new code creation, and optimization.
Teams are producing more code than ever before, with faster iteration cycles and less direct familiarity with every line written. Entire functions, configurations, and infrastructure definitions can be generated in seconds. While this accelerates innovation, it also increases the likelihood that insecure patterns, vulnerable dependencies, and misconfigurations enter the codebase at scale.
Much of this code compiles and passes tests. Yet hidden risks frequently surface later in pull requests, CI/CD pipelines, audits, or production incidents, when remediation is slower, more expensive, and more disruptive.
Organizations must now manage security at the speed of AI-driven development. Today, IBM is introducing IBM Concert Secure Coder in public preview.
Embedding risk intelligence at the moment risk is created
IBM Concert Secure Coder extends IBM Concert’s intelligence and automation across the Secure Software Development Lifecycle by bringing pre-commit risk visibility and guided remediation directly into the IDE.
Rather than detecting vulnerabilities after code reaches pull requests or pipelines, Secure Coder identifies issues while developers are actively writing and configuring code. It provides near real-time detection and contextual remediation guidance before code is committed, helping teams address risk at the exact moment it is created.
Secure Coder also prioritizes findings based on both technical severity and business impact, enabling developers and security teams to focus on what matters most to the enterprise.
What is available in public preview
IBM Concert Secure Coder delivers:
-Embedded IDE risk detection, identifying vulnerabilities, secrets, deployment misconfigurations, and vulnerable open-source packages directly within developer workflows.
-AI-powered remediation, providing context-aware fix recommendations with clear explanations and controlled auto-resolve options to maintain trust and auditability.
-Software supply chain and dependency intelligence, detecting known CVEs, flagging vulnerable open-source packages, recommending safer alternative versions, and driving package replacement through IBM Concert workflows.
-Unified visibility, correlating code-level findings with application context to surface key security posture metrics and evidence-based measures of shift-left effectiveness, delivering continuous insights into application-level code risk.
Beyond the IDE, Secure Coder provides SREs and CISOs with governance, traceability, and reporting across development workflows.
From scanning tools to code risk intelligence
Many security tools generate vulnerability lists after code is committed. In an AI-accelerated world, that approach creates friction and delays remediation.
IBM Concert Secure Coder is designed to go beyond scanning by delivering actionable risk intelligence earlier in the lifecycle and aligning findings to enterprise priorities.
-Pre-commit risk summaries and guided remediation inside the IDE
-Business-aware prioritization that connects technical findings to application context and enterprise impact
-Integrated remediation workflows that reduce manual triage
-Enterprise governance integration with audit-ready traceability and cross-team visibility
This helps organizations reduce late-stage security interruptions while maintaining development velocity.
More than an IDE plugin: an enterprise control plane for code risk
Secure Coder is not a standalone extension. It is part of IBM Concert’s broader intelligence platform, designed to unify risk visibility across Development, SRE, and Security organizations.
By correlating source code findings with application context and operational impact, Secure Coder enables a shared, enterprise-wide view of risk. CISOs gain oversight across teams and applications. SREs gain insight into risk that could affect resilience and uptime. Developers receive actionable guidance within their existing workflows.
This unified control plane reduces fragmentation, improves governance, and supports compliance at enterprise scale without slowing innovation.
True shift left is not about pushing security responsibility onto developers. It is about giving teams continuous awareness of the downstream impact of their decisions.
When teams have foresight instead of surprise, accountability becomes natural, collaboration improves, and risk is reduced before it hardens into technical debt.
IBM Concert Secure Coder transforms source code risk management from a reactive bottleneck into a proactive development capability by identifying and remediating vulnerabilities before they reach pull requests or production.
Organizations adopting IBM Concert Secure Coder can achieve faster remediation through early, in-IDE identification before code reaches pull requests or pipelines. This reduces rework, improves developer productivity, and strengthens compliance through audit-ready traceability.
With a shared view of risk across Development, SRE, and CISO teams, organizations can improve resilience, accelerate delivery, and lower security operating costs.
IBM Concert Secure Coder is now available in public preview. This is an early look at what is ahead, with additional capabilities planned for general availability.