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*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Infosecurity.US authored by Marc Handelman. Read the original post at: https://xkcd.com/2752/

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What portion of your cyber risk is Application Security (AppSec)? (Select one)(Required)

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What are the biggest challenges you face implementing a robust AppSec strategy? (Select all that apply)

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Automated unit and functional tests for quality run in the pipeline with merge blocking

Automated application security testing (AST) in development and (SAST/IAST) runs in the pipeline

Automated AST tools to find vulnerabilities in the code you import (SCA) run in the pipeline

Merge blocking at current policy level for AST checks

Secrets management so no secrets stored in source code repositories

How do you assess and mitigate risk of For NON actively developed products (legacy) (Select all that apply):

In-production scans using DAST products like Qualys, Nessus, etc.

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Findings are manually triaged

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Finding above a certain severity automatically populate engineering backlogs

Service level agreements (SLAs) are enforced based on severity

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