Developer newsletter: July 2026
Hi from 1Password’s developer teams 👋
Black Hat is almost here, and you can expect to hear a lot of exciting developer news from 1Password. Whether you’re getting ready for Black Hat or following along with all the upcoming announcements from home, now’s the time to review and reassess your team’s developer security.
In this edition, you’ll learn:
- How 1Password will help you lock down agent privileges to only what’s needed, when it’s needed.
- How to win developer prizes at 1Password’s Black Hat booth.
- 1Password’s commitment to open source security.
- How and why you need to shift your AI developer workflows to improve security.
Enjoy!
Featured
Manage access at runtime with 1Password Credential Broker
Developer tools are evolving and so should the way you authenticate the agents using them. 1Password Credential Broker (currently in private beta) lets you broker credentials at runtime, giving you more control over tools acting on your behalf.
Employ all the same 1Password vault, policy controls, and audit tools you’re already using, and deliver the right credential to the right workload at the moment work actually needs to happen.
Black Hat 2026
Show off your security skills at 1Password’s Black Hat booth and win a prize
Attending Black Hat this year? Stay safe by securing your local developer credentials before you go: run 1Password developer Watchtower on your local machine before Black Hat, vault the SSH keys it discovers, and show us your Watchtower score to collect a prize.
While you’re at the booth, put your skills to the test by playing our live game, Credential Sprawl Capture the Flag. Find as many security problems as you can in 60 seconds for a chance to win fun swag.
Come by booth 4735 to chat with the 1Password team, and learn how to discover, secure, and broker credentials with 1Password developer tools.
Join the OpenAI, Legora, and Perplexity panel discussion
Register for 1Password CISO Jacob DePriest’s panel discussion with security leaders from OpenAI, Legora, and Perplexity. They’ll be talking through the real risks AI agents introduce, why identity and access matter, how teams should think about permissions, and what security teams can do today to prepare.
Spots are limited, so sign up while you can.
From the 1Password blog
Overwhelmed by PR requests? Learn from 1Password’s team on how we scaled our security reviews
If you’re trying to keep up with security requests from your team while maintaining code review requirements, this one’s for you.
Developers are writing more code than ever with AI coding assistants – meaning PRs are often longer and posted more frequently. Learn how 1Password’s Product Security team built a custom pipeline trained on thousands of previous PRs to help manage the influx of reviews. And this is just the beginning. 👀
Discover and configure 1Password developer tools even faster
As coding becomes more accessible, more team members are building their own software solutions. To ensure your whole team is following developer best practices, you’ll now see the developer sidebar available by default in the 1Password app.
Know a team member who might be pasting secrets into an AI code assistant? Share this blog post to help them get set up with 1Password developer tools.
Security wins for all: How 1Password strengthened Snow for the open source community
If you’re using the open source project Snow, it’s now even more secure after an independent security assessment discovered and remediated several findings.
At 1Password, we know open source projects are crucial in software development and so is supporting their maintenance and security. That’s why 1Password funded this review of Snow – a Rust implementation of the Noise Protocol Framework – to help make it more reliable for all Rust developers.
Learn what surfaced from this review and how those findings were resolved.
Secure Kiro with 1Password’s latest MCP server integration
Work more efficiently and securely with the 1Password MCP Server integration for Kiro, Amazon’s AI-powered IDE. Store your developer secrets in 1Password Environments and connect them directly to Kiro with this new integration, which enables your team to authenticate and rotate secrets faster.
Catch up on 1Password developer podcasts
Braintrust founder and CEO Ankur Goyal examines why AI learning happens after launch
Ankur Goyal talks to 1Password CTO Nancy Wang and Google Gemini’s Dev Tagare about why AI development needs feedback loops, why traditional tracing tools don’t explain AI failures, and more.
Cursor Head of Security Travis McPeak on securing agents without slowing work
Travis McPeak shares why AI agents can’t be trusted users, what the hardest security decisions are now, and why secure-by-default doesn’t have to slow down team productivity.
Learn how to vibe code without compromising security
1Password VP of Engineering Jeff Malnick sits down with the Random but Memorable team to discuss how developers can vibe code without introducing new security risks.
Enhance your team’s security with 1Password Academy
Improve your team’s onboarding experience and become a certified 1Password Business Administrator through 1Password Academy – 1Password’s complimentary product courses.
Keep this conversation going on 1Password Community
That's it for this month. If you want to chat about anything covered in this newsletter, join the 1Password developer Slack or start a discussion here in 1Password Community.
– 1Password’s Developer & AI team