Security News > 2022 > June > Teams that shift security left and focus on attackability ship more secure code

ShiftLeft released its second annual AppSec Progress Report documenting critical trends in application security and how organizations are shifting security left to deal with the ever-rising volume of attacks and disclosed vulnerabilities.

By identifying and prioritizing OSS vulns that are actually attackable, AppSec teams and developers fix what matters, ship code faster and actually improve security with fewer, better fixes.

Laser focus on attackability and reduced false positives allows developers to make fixes faster and reduce MTTR. This improves security posture and reduces the likelihood of attacks by reducing the time that vulnerabilities are exposed.

Rapid scans enable teams to scan more frequently, improving security coverage for fast iterating applications and enabling better coverage of very large applications that previously required hours or days to scan.

Faster scans, automated insertion in CI pipelines, and greater scan coverage across more languages, also enabled AppSec teams to shift from scanning for vulnerabilities monthly or weekly to daily scans.

"On the other hand, teams that shift security left and focus on attackability ship more secure code, more frequently. This clearly improves the security of their applications while also improving developer productivity and product velocity."

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/06/29/shift-security-left/