Undetected vulnerabilities in new applications put your organization at risk. Hackers have shown an ability to find and exploit application security issues with new releases of API’s, open source, and custom code. Each of these areas represent work for a developer that the AppSec team must also address and prioritize.Reacting to these vulnerabilities “down the line”is simply not enough as security debt accumulates exponentially, costing businesses precious time and earnings.
Through this report, you’ll see how Next-Generation SAST and Intelligent SCA increase the speed of vulnerability scans and narrow the scope of work by highlighting treatable issues. This leads to better outcomes: more frequent scans, fixes earlier in the CI/CD pipeline, and more security fixes overall.
As companies look toward their next digital transformation via DevOps, they must also think of what their AppSec transformation will look like. Leading organizations are finding issues earlier in the code development process –shifting left, as it were –to reduce costs and heighten security prior to release. In the end, the most proven strategy for remediation is a healthy working relationship between AppSec and DevOps. A security tool can contribute, by providing developers with context and education around the issue.
For a more detailed analysis of the link between scanning frequency and security fixes, download our research paper “AppSec Shift Left Progress Report.”