Application Security & Gen AI

GenAI is changing how applications are built, developers can generate code faster, but it also amplifies software supply chain risk new dependencies, copied snippets, and inconsistent security patterns. Point tools can flood teams with findings, the future of AppSec is an integrated program that reduces noise and prioritises what matters.

 

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Application Security (SCA, RASP, SAST, DAST, IAST & ASPM)

Building and releasing software often introduces vulnerabilities through custom code and open source dependencies and the rise of AI generated code can amplify risk and increase volume. Many teams also struggle with fragmented tools and noisy findings that are hard to prioritise.

The solution application security (SCA, RASP, SAST, DAST, IAST & ASPM) deciphers this by scanning source code and compiled artifacts to identify vulnerabilities early, then correlating and prioritising results so teams can remediate issues before they reach production.

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Application Security (SCA, SAST & ASPM)

Problems

Building applications introduces code vulnerabilities, and adding AI amplifies these risks—especially in an industry crowded with fragmented tools rather than holistic solutions.

Solution

Application Security tooling can scan the code or software that has been complied to check for any vulnerabilities that can be fixed before being introduction into production.

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Software Risk Manager

Security teams are often overwhelmed by alerts scattered across multiple tools, forcing them to manually search for context and decide what matters most. This slows response times and increases the chance that critical risks are missed.

The solution a software risk manager solves this by aggregating signals across the security stack, correlating related findings, and prioritising the highest impact risks so teams can focus efforts on what truly threatens production.

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Software Resource Manager

Problems

Lot’s of alerts in individual tooling, manual searching.

Solution

Prioritises security risks across security stack.


Firstly...

First, shift security into the developer workflow. Sysdig/BlackDuck/Invicti adds AI powered workflows to help teams find, prioritize, and fix issues early. Black Duck strengthens software composition analysis by identifying open source and third party components, enforcing policy, and producing SBOMs plus the ability to trace copied or AI generated snippets back to source projects. 

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Secondly...

govern what gets built and shipped. JFrog Artifactory becomes the system of record for packages and container images, while JFrog Xray/ Sysdig/BlackDuck provides enterprise grade SCA to identify, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities and license compliance issues.

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Finally...

Bring context and validation Apiiro/Invicti’s ASPM layer applies a contextual, risk based approach to correlate and prioritize risks across the SDLC, and Sysdig/BlackDuck/Invicti validates real exposure with DAST against running web applications and APIs.

Together, these platforms enable secure, AI accelerated delivery without slowing engineering.

 

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Industry Awards

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2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Application Security Testing.

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2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Application Security Testing.

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G2 high performer. Invicti Reviews & Product Details.

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Sysdig rated a Strong Performer in Gartner® Voice of the Customer for Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms. 

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JFrog Named as a Visionary in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Application Security Testing.

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Apiiro - IDC Market Leader 2025


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The Application Security Market has exploded in recent years following the whole push to cloud, Agentic AI and LLM’s producing more code than ever. It’s predicted to grow to over $25B by 2030 with a CAGR of between 12-20%. Companies who have brought into SCA, RASP, SAST, DAST, IAST & ASPM products are now seeing those same products be very specific to a singular use case and therefore needing to think more about end-to-end platforms. This is most true in full scale enterprise & government customers.

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Roles

Who cares about The future of Application Security & GenAI?

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Product Security Lead
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Nuaware_Icon_Turq_ONLYDevSecOps Lead/CI/CD Owner


Key Discovery Questions

Answering these questions helps uncover risks and align your strategy with best practices in DevSecOps.
 

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Are developers using GenAI coding assistants today, and what guardrails exist (secure patterns, review controls, policy)?

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How do you currently find and manage risk across code, open source dependencies, containers, and APIs and is “too many findings” a problem?

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Do you have a single source of truth for artifacts and images, and do you scan + gate what gets pushed into production?

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Are you generating SBOMs today, and can you meet customer or regulatory expectations for provenance and compliance?

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How do you validate real exploitable issues in running apps (DAST) and ensure findings map to owners, with measurable remediation time?

 

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Reach out to our team to discuss how we can help secure your software supply chain. Alternatively, return to our Secure Code-to-Cloud page to explore more topics, problem domains, and discover how our expertise addresses them.
 

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