Salt Code: Securing AI-Generated Code in Development

Salt Security has launched Salt Code, a new solution designed to enforce security policies within AI coding assistants. This tool aims to ensure that all AI-generated code meets internal standards, industry best practices, and regulatory requirements from the moment it's created. AI coding assistants now generate a significant portion of enterprise code, with nearly half of it being machine-written. However, these tools are not trained on an organization's specific security policies. Reports indicate that roughly half of AI-generated code introduces known vulnerabilities, and these risks are accelerating. Salt Code addresses this by using Salt's Posture Governance Engine. This engine defines security and compliance standards once and applies them across the entire development lifecycle. It connects to the tools developers already use, making AI coding assistants generate compliant code by default. This matters because it helps organizations secure their software development as AI coding becomes more prevalent.