The Ultimate Guide to Application Security
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What to know about Application Security
Application Security focuses on protecting software applications from vulnerabilities and cyber threats throughout their development and operational life cycles. This critical field addresses challenges such as runtime protection, secure coding practices, DevSecOps integration, API security, cloud-native environments, and mitigating attacks like DDoS, supply chain risks, and malicious bot traffic.
Exploring the latest stories in Application Security reveals how advancements like AI and automation are enhancing threat detection, vulnerability management, and developer workflows, while highlighting ongoing risks found in mobile apps, open source components, and cloud deployments. Readers can gain insights into best practices, emerging technologies, and strategies to safeguard applications against evolving cyber threats.
Whether you’re a developer, security professional, or business leader, staying informed about Application Security developments helps in building resilient software, maintaining compliance, and protecting user data in an increasingly complex digital landscape.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Application Security
Citrix adds MCP Gateway to NetScaler for AI traffic
Data Theorem launches AI security platform for apps
Gartner names Tenable leader in AI exposure assessment
Checkmarx launches AI inventory for code governance
Secure Code Warrior launches AI adoption model for CISOs
Featured News
Humanoid robots, 0-day defence among Info-Tech trends for '27
Agentic AI, zero-day surge, sovereign cloud, and humanoid robots will define IT strategy in 2027, Info-Tech Research Group warns.
Exabeam: Ruthless efficiency can make agentic AI malicious
Behavioural analytics is becoming essential as AI agents can pursue tasks so efficiently that they may cause damage without any malicious intent.
Check Point Technologies: On vigilance, Mythos and beyond
AI-driven vulnerability scanning is forcing firms to rethink complacency as Check Point says existing defences still help against Mythos.
Exclusive: Reco COO on securing the AI inside your SaaS stack
Reco COO Zoe Hillenmeyer says enterprises typically underestimate their AI agent exposure by a factor of ten and that gap is widening.
Google Cloud CEO sets out enterprise AI agent plan
Enterprises will get one place to build, govern and run AI agents, as Google Cloud expands Gemini Enterprise across models, data and security.
Expert Columns
A strategic blueprint for governing AI-enabled software development
Your annual penetration testing is already out of date
Why ERP is not just another platform you can rebuild with AI code
As agentic development accelerates, workflow auditability becomes a bottleneck
The evolving role of the CSO: From technical guardian to business strategist
Secure by default: Moving beyond secure by design
Why the next endpoint and SASE disruption will not come from a security vendor
The security challenges in AI-assisted software development
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Application Security News
FIS joins Anthropic cyber security project with Mythos 5
For thousands of banks and payments firms, the trial could help spot software flaws before they disrupt critical financial systems.
Google Cloud unveils AI security blueprint for GKE
The framework targets CISOs and platform teams as they move AI systems into production, amid rising risks from prompts, models and outputs.
Google Cloud issues guardrails for AI vulnerability agents
Security teams are being warned to keep humans and strict controls in place as AI agents can miss context and leak sensitive code.
Google Cloud sets out AI security plan with Gemini & Wiz
Defenders could gain a faster edge against AI-driven attacks as Google Cloud ties Gemini, Wiz, CodeMender and Mandiant into one platform.
GitLab 19.2 adds AI tools for security & workflows
The update aims to cut review bottlenecks by auto-fixing vulnerable dependencies and surfacing code flaws scanners often miss.
SecurityBridge launches SAPMAP to map attack paths
Security teams can now trace how one SAP flaw could spread across finance, payroll and supply chains, with access tightly restricted.
CleanStart launches Clean Libraries to secure AI code
Developers face earlier checks on risky open-source dependencies as AI coding tools speed up software assembly and raise supply chain concerns.
Targeted open source malware attacks on developers soar
Malicious package advisories jumped from 21 in 2023 to 1,576 in 2025, as attackers increasingly target developers before code reaches production.
AI coding models make working code, not secure code
Working output from the latest AI coding tools was secure barely a third of the time, exposing a widening risk for software teams.
Akamai joins WWT AI security model for NVIDIA systems
The tie-up gives enterprises a layered way to secure AI systems without sacrificing performance, as demand for larger workloads grows.
Mandiant warns on exposed Cloud Run serverless apps
Exposed serverless apps can let attackers steal tokens, read secrets and take over cloud projects if weak code is left unpatched.
Tenable adds app security data to exposure platform
Security teams can now rank code flaws against cloud and identity risks after Tenable folded application security data into its exposure platform.
Approov expands attestation network to fight AI attacks
Broader coverage in Mexico and Milan aims to cut latency for mobile security checks as fake app traffic grows more sophisticated.
Akamai warns commerce is top target for AI bot attacks
Nearly half of commerce traffic across Akamai's network came from AI bots by late 2025, raising fraud and DDoS risks for retailers.
Checkmarx launches autonomous agents to fix code flaws
As AI coding speeds up, Checkmarx says its new agents can cut manual vulnerability fixes by up to 70% before code is committed.
AI now runs parts of cyber attacks, Check Point says
Defenders face shorter patching windows as Check Point says AI can now turn new flaws into working exploits within hours.
AI now drives live cyber attacks, Check Point says
Security teams face faster, harder-to-trace intrusions as AI is now being used to write attack code and run deception during breaches.
Cloudflare launches Precursor to spot bots in sessions
With automated traffic now overtaking human visits online, the tool is designed to catch bots that slip past login and checkout checks.
Google Cloud puts Cloud Run sandboxes into preview
Developers can now isolate AI-generated code and user scripts inside Cloud Run, reducing the risk of exposing credentials or host data.
NCC Group maps security gaps across AI coding agents
Weak default safeguards and uneven sandboxing could leave developers exposed to command execution before workspace trust is granted.