Application Security
A framework for integrating ASPM into an existing AppSec program
Gartner defined ASPM in May 2023 as a correlation layer, not a rip-and-replace — here's how to fold it into a toolchain you already run.
Jul 8, 20266 min read
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ASPM fundamentals for security teams
Gartner projects over 40% of organizations will adopt Application Security Posture Management by 2026 — here's what it actually aggregates and how to judge if yours is working.
Jul 8, 20266 min read
Application Security
What to Evaluate in an ASPM Solution: A 2026 Buyer's Guide
Gartner named Application Security Posture Management a category in May 2023 — three years later, most RFPs still can't distinguish a real ASPM from a dashboard bolted onto old scanners.
Jul 8, 20268 min read
DevSecOps
The AppSec Program Spring-Cleaning Checklist
The xz-utils backdoor sat in a maintainer's commits for over two years before a Postgres developer's slow SSH login exposed it in March 2024. Most AppSec programs never audit for that kind of drift.
Jul 8, 20266 min read
Application Security
A practical AppSec maturity model: five stages, self-assessment included
OWASP SAMM v2 scores 15 practices on a 0–3 scale; BSIMM15 measured 121 firms and found SCA adoption up 67%. Here's a five-stage model to self-assess against.
Jul 8, 20267 min read
Application Security
ASPM fundamentals: what application security posture management actually aggregates
Gartner coined the ASPM term in May 2023 and projects over 40% of organizations building software will adopt it by 2026 — here is what it actually does.
Jul 8, 20266 min read
Compliance & Frameworks
Mapping security training and roles to the NIST NICE Framework
NIST's NICE Framework sorts cybersecurity work into 7 categories and 52 work roles — most security teams have never mapped a single job description to it.
Jul 8, 20266 min read
AI Security
AI Developer Tools: Weighing Productivity Against Security and IP Exposure
NYU found 40% of Copilot-generated code contained exploitable flaws; Samsung banned ChatGPT after three leaks in under 20 days. The productivity math still isn't simple.
Jul 8, 20267 min read
AI Security
AI Red Teaming vs. AI-SPM: Why You Need Both
OWASP's 2025 LLM Top 10 and MITRE ATLAS both treat adversarial testing and posture scanning as separate disciplines — most AI programs still run only one.
Jul 8, 20265 min read
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