Breathing New Life into a Stagnant AppSec
Nov 14, 2024
If you're like most people, your inbox overflows daily with a mix of important messages, random ads, and updates you didn't ask for. It's easy to miss what really matters. This inbox-overload mirrors what's happening in AppSec: security teams are overwhelmed with endless alerts and notifications, with only a handful pointing to actual risks. And while infrastructure and development environments have evolved radically in the past decade, AppSec tools haven't kept pace. The result? Outdated tools that can't sift out the noise, leaving teams struggling to focus on real threats amid a flood of alerts. As CEO of Backslash Security , I frequently hear from AppSec professionals who feel like they're stuck in reactive mode, juggling outdated tools that weren't designed for today's complex, cloud-native environments. These tools flood them with alerts, stretching their focus between routine notifications and the critical issues that could genuinely impact their applications. A few years ...