At this year’s AWS re:Invent, Mic McCully, Field CTO at Snyk, spoke with Jacob Salassi, Director of Product Security at Snowflake. They discussed what it looked like for Snowflake to overcome various security challenges with the right combination of processes, company culture shifts, and tool partners (including Snyk!). Read on to learn about the practices Jacob and his team established to create a successful application security program.

The philosophy of "shifting left" in software development is transforming the way we approach error and resolution. By moving the focus of error detection to earlier stages in the development cycle, teams can address issues when they are more accessible and less expensive to fix. Integral to this shift-left approach are Git hooks, powerful tools that allow us to enforce quality control right from the code-commit stage.

We’re using more code, software components, and dependencies than ever before, making security breaches an ever-growing threat. It’s easy for developers and DevOps teams to neglect dependency updates when faced with such high volume, but doing so allows applications to fall behind the latest versions if not properly managed. This typically leaves applications using outdated dependencies, which exposes them to ever-increasing security debt and risk.

Cloudflare has a unique vantage point on the Internet. From this position, we are able to see, explore, and identify trends that would otherwise go unnoticed. In this report we are doing just that and sharing our insights into Internet-wide application security trends. This report is the third edition of our Application Security Report. The first one was published in March 2022, with the second published earlier this year in March, and this is the first to be published on a quarterly basis.

GitOps was pioneered by Weeveworks in 2017. It uses familiar tools to implement continuous deployment for cloud-native applications, improving the developer experience of Kubernetes cluster management and application delivery.

In the fast-paced world of technology, where innovation drives success, organizations find themselves in a perpetual race to enhance their applications, captivate customers, and stay ahead of the competition. But as your organization launches its latest flagship CRM solution after months of meticulous planning, have you considered what happens beyond Day 0 or Day 1 of the rollout?

Gartner Hype Cycle for 2023 assesses the levels of maturity, adoption, and societal effects associated with emerging technologies in the field of Application Security. The 2023 report serves as a valuable resource for organizations seeking insights into the influence of security technologies on their applications. It also highlights the market leaders in the respective fields - Appknox being this year's leading vendor in mobile application security testing.