application-security
Safeguard articles tagged "application-security" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
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The State of Cloud Native Application Security survey
New 2026 survey data reveals a widening gap between vulnerability alert volume and remediation capacity — and what security teams say actually helps.
The Java Security Manager Is Deprecated: What to Use Instead
JEP 411 deprecated the Java Security Manager for removal, and years of accumulated java security flaws in its trust model are why the platform is retiring it rather than fixing it further.
SAST and DAST Tools: A Combined Buying Guide
Buying SAST and DAST tools separately usually means paying for two dashboards that don't talk to each other — here's how to evaluate them as a combined purchase in 2026.
Snyk Learn: interactive security training for developers
Snyk Learn popularized the developer security training platform. But without reachability-aware prioritization, training risks teaching developers to fix the wrong things.
OWASP Training: How to Actually Run It for a Dev Team
OWASP training only sticks when it's tied to the vulnerabilities your own codebase actually has, not a generic slide deck run once a year.
Wiz vs. Snyk: platform breadth vs. developer-first security
Wiz and Snyk solve different layers of AppSec entirely. Here is how the two actually compare, and where build provenance still needs coverage.
Consolidating AppSec tools with an ASPM platform
Most AppSec teams run 10-15 disconnected tools. Here's how ASPM platforms consolidate them, why reachability changes what "critical" means, and how to evaluate one.
Security debt vs security risk: how to measure both
Security debt and security risk are measured differently and demand different remediation clocks. Here's how to quantify each — and where they collide.
Static analysis (SAST) buyer's guide for enterprise teams
A concrete buyer's guide to enterprise SAST: false-positive rates, reachability analysis, POC criteria, SBOM integration, and real pricing benchmarks for 2026.
Consolidating point solutions into a unified AppSec platform
Point solutions for SAST, SCA, DAST, and secrets scanning create duplicate alerts and blind spots — here's why teams are unifying AppSec now.
What the Checkmarx Tool Is Used For: A Practical Guide
The Checkmarx tool is a static application security testing platform that scans source code for vulnerabilities before you ship. Here is what it does, where it fits, and its limits.
The Most Common Java Security Flaws and How to Fix Them
A practitioner's tour of the Java security flaws that actually break production systems — deserialization, injection, XXE, and the dependency risks that scanners miss.
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