Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Understanding the security posture of your application stack is increasingly important. Exploitation of vulnerabilities surpassed phishing as the known initial access vectors in non-Error, non-Misuse breaches, according to the Verizon 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report. As a CISO or security leader, are you prepared for this shift in the industry?

Modern software teams have a buffet of security tools to choose from. Veracode, Checkmarx, and Fortify are three heavyweight application security platforms often considered by technical leaders. Each promises to secure your code and catch vulnerabilities early. But choosing the right one matters: it impacts developer workflow, security coverage, and how much time your team spends chasing false alarms.

Gain instant visibility into your cloud environment with Aikido Cloud Search. Search your cloud like a database. Whether you want to identify exposed databases, vulnerable virtual machines, or over-permissive IAM roles — Aikido gives you the power to uncover risk in seconds. No query language required, no waiting on devops. Just describe what you’re looking for, like “Give me all VMs with CVE-2025-32433 that have port 22 open.” Scroll down to "How It Works" to get technical.

The boy who cried wolf goes back to a fable where a shepherd boy mocked the other villagers by telling them that a wolf was attacking the flock. The villagers believed him at first, but he was just laughing with them. When the shepherd boy repeated his joke, villagers started to ignore him and at some point a real wolf comes and attacks the sheep. The boy ‘cried wolf’ but nobody believed him anymore.

Application security testing (AST) is the process of identifying and fixing security vulnerabilities in software applications. It ensures that applications are protected against threats such as unauthorized access, data breaches, and code manipulation. The application layer continues to be the most attacked and hardest to defend in the enterprise software stack.