How ASPM boosts visibility to manage application risk

The article discusses the challenges faced by AppSec teams in managing application risk due to lack of visibility across the entire software supply chain. It highlights issues such as conflicting priorities between developers aiming for speed and AppSec teams focusing on reducing risk, proliferation of security tools, and lack of insight into the components of every software asset from development to runtime. The article introduces a new breed of security tooling called application security posture management (ASPM) that can help manage and scale application security programs by continuously managing application risk through collection, analysis, and prioritization of security issues across the SDLC. It also presents Snyk AppRisk as a developer-first ASPM solution for AppSec teams wanting to shift left. The article concludes with the benefits of ASPM in improving visibility, collaboration between developers and security teams, and overall risk assessment and management.