Application Security

What is Application Security?

Application security encompasses the tools, practices, and processes used to design, develop, deploy, and maintain software in a way that protects it from threats, vulnerabilities, and misuse.

Why it matters
Modern applications move fast through DevOps and cloud pipelines — creating large attack surfaces if security is treated as an afterthought. Application security helps protect data, maintain compliance, and reduce exposure across the SDLC.

How it works
It involves practices like secure coding, code reviews, static and dynamic application testing (SAST/DAST), dependency scanning, runtime protection, and continual monitoring of application workflows.

How Brinqa helps
Brinqa’s platform unifies application security findings with contextual data — bridging AppSec, DevSecOps, vulnerability management, and exposure management in one risk-centric view. See how “How ASPM is Changing the Game in Application Security.”