AppSec
In-depth guides and analysis on appsec from the Safeguard engineering team.
306 articles
API Security Posture Management, Explained
API security posture management inventories every API you actually have, then continuously checks it against the rules you meant to enforce.
Application Security Management: Programs That Actually Work
What separates an application security management program that actually reduces risk from one that just generates dashboards, based on where ownership and monitoring break down.
RASP vs. SAST vs. DAST vs. IAST: How They Differ
SAST vs DAST vs IAST vs RASP comes down to when each technique looks at your application — source code, a running test instance, instrumented runtime tests, or production traffic — and picking the wrong stage leaves real gaps.
Application Security Architecture: Design Patterns That Hold Up
Good application security architecture is a small set of repeatable patterns — trust boundaries, defense in depth, least privilege — applied consistently, not a document nobody reads.
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.
Running DAST, SAST, and SCA in One Pipeline
Running sast dast sca as three separate checkpoints instead of one correlated pipeline is why most security backlogs are full of duplicate, unprioritized noise.
Web Application Scanning Tools: DAST Options Compared
Choosing a web application scanning tool means deciding between open-source scanners, proxy-based suites, and managed DAST platforms. Here is how the options actually differ.
ASPM Security: Application Security Posture Management Explained
ASPM doesn't scan anything new — it aggregates and prioritizes findings your existing SAST, DAST, and SCA tools already produce, which is exactly the problem most AppSec teams actually have.
Application Security Automation: What to Automate First
Automation pays off in a strict order: dependencies, secrets, static analysis, then dynamic testing. Here is the sequence, why it works, and what should stay manual.
Security Testing Automation: What to Automate, and What Not To
Security testing automation pays off fastest on repetitive, well-defined checks — here's a clear line between what to automate and what still needs a human.
Securing Spring Security OAuth2 and JOSE Dependencies
spring-security-oauth2-jose sits at the center of many Java auth stacks, but the legacy project is deprecated and its JOSE/JWT dependencies carry their own patch history; here is how to assess and reduce the risk.
Application Security Consulting: What to Actually Expect
Application security consulting services range from a two-week penetration test to a multi-year embedded program, and knowing which one you're buying changes what you should expect to get out of it.
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