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QA and security: How to unify quality and AppSec

Although both are important parts of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), QA and security are often run as separate disciplines. They involve different teams using different tools and may operate at different stages of the pipeline. When there is little...

DevSecOps Industry AppSec

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Securing the Future Starts With Critical Infrastructure

Every October, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) leads Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an annual effort to strengthen cybersecurity and protect the systems we rely on. This year’s theme, “Securing the Next 250,” looks toward the next ...

Industry AppSec DevSecOps

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Code Governance: A Guide for Dev and Security Teams

Development teams often have coding standards, review requirements, and security tools, but those controls can vary significantly across applications and teams. A code governance framework connects them by defining which rules apply, where they are enforced, ...

Thought Leadership Industry AppSec Uncategorized

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How to Prevent SQL Injection: 5 Best Practices for Developers

SQL injection (SQLi) is a well-established, high-impact application vulnerability. It occurs when untrusted input changes the structure of an SQL command, potentially allowing an attacker to access sensitive data, alter records, bypass authentication, or perf...

Industry AppSec Programming Language Thought Leadership

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C# Static Code Analysis: How It Works and What It Detects

Security vulnerabilities and quality issues are notoriously difficult to pinpoint. Typically, they are introduced early in software development but don’t surface until the production stage. As the NIST cost escalation calculator illustrates, the cost of...

Industry AppSec Programming Language

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9 Java Vulnerability Scanners for Secure Code

Java apps have at least two major attack surfaces, and many scanners are stronger on one than the other. Proprietary code is where deserialization flaws, JNDI lookups, and weak crypto live. The Maven and Gradle dependency tree is where hundreds of transitive ...

Industry AppSec Programming Language

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QA Security Testing: How Teams Reduce Software Risk

Software quality and security are closely connected. Even with a perfect UI, a software application isn’t safe to deploy until teams have validated it against potential cyberattacks. Otherwise, stakeholders’ and customers’ data can be at ris...

Industry AppSec Software Testing

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How the OWASP Top 10 Applies to AI-Generated Code

AI-assisted development has changed how quickly teams can produce code, but it has not changed the security standards code must meet. According to the Sembi Software Quality Pulse Report, respondents estimate that, on average, 53% of their organization’s code...

Industry AppSec Trends

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Web Application Security Testing: The Complete Guide

As the threat landscape continues to evolve, organizations have had to strengthen their cybersecurity posture to overcome more sophisticated and more numerous attacks. Web application security testing has become an increasingly important part of that process,...

Software Testing Industry AppSec

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SBOM Analysis: A Complete Guide for DevSecOps Teams

SBOM analysis is the process of examining a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) to identify vulnerabilities, license risks, outdated components, and compliance gaps across the software your application depends on. Generating an SBOM tells you what is in your so...

DevSecOps Industry AppSec

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Enterprise Application Security: How to Close the Gaps That Lead to Breaches

Enterprise applications are where sensitive business logic runs and customer data moves. A single exploitable flaw can cascade into an incident that takes months to contain. In large environments, the problem is rarely a total lack of security testing. It is ...

Thought Leadership Industry AppSec

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AI Static Code Analysis: Separating Signal From Noise in Modern SAST

Key takeaways Static application security testing generates too many alerts. That’s not news to anyone running a security program. What you probably don’t know is whether AI actually fixes the problem or just gives vendors another buzzword. Most S...

Thought Leadership Industry AppSec