Embed security into building, deploying and iterating applications, effectively transforming DevOps into DevSecOps
Build defense into every stage of the software development lifecycle
Application modernization—driven by cloud migration, microservices, container adoption, and now AI—accelerates innovation but also introduces complex security challenges. These risks are often amplified when DevOps and security practices operate in silos, causing vulnerabilities to be identified late in the development lifecycle.
Frontier models accelerate software development but can now find and exploit vulnerabilities at machine speed. IBM’s Application Security Services help organizations shift security to AI-native, aligning DevOps and security teams to build defense into every stage of the software development lifecycle.
At the core is our AI-native approach powered by IBM's AI-powered Digital AppSec Champion (DASC) and Security Harness capability. The Security Harness on IBM Consulting Advantage for Cybersecurity, our agentic delivery platform, deploys frontier-model security assessment capability safely inside your environment to uncover novel vulnerabilities and chains that conventional scanners miss, verify what's truly exploitable, and recommend evidence-backed fixes.
Plans, designs, implements, integrates and deploys security strategically into every step of the development lifecycle. Shared skills sets and collaboration help transform people, process and technology into DevSecOps best practices, backed up by the IBM Application Security Center of Excellence.
Empowers “shift-left” practices to reduce app security defects early in the SDLC. This approach helps reduce the cost of fixing software vulnerabilities and improve compliance with industry and government regulations.
Enables security automation and integration into the continuous integration and continuous deployment pipeline. Application security training onsite or online can drive productivity between DevOps and security for rapid innovation and security-focused software development.
Use cases
- Application security in development
- Application security at run time
- Enterprise application security
Gain threat modeling for modern AI-based applications, embedding and shifting security left into the DevOps and AIOps processes.
Secure applications environments and configurations in alignment with compliance requirements at run time.
Safeguard the development and operations of enterprise applications such as SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow and Microsoft.
Strategic partnership
IBM and Contrast Security have collaborated to stop application-layer attacks. Together, they deliver runtime Application Detection and Response (ADR) that gives security operations the context and clarity they need to detect, triage and block sophisticated exploits before damage is done. By combining Contrast’s runtime visibility and AI-powered remediation with IBM’s automated workflows, threat intelligence and SIEM integration, security teams can reduce mean time to response from hours to seconds through autonomous response.
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