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Contrast Security Named the Only Visionary in Gartner 2017 Magic Quadrant for Application Security TestingLOS ALTOS, Calif., March 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Contrast Security, the first company to enable self-protecting software, today announced it was named the only Visionary vendor in the February 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing (AST). Contrast considers this placement validation of its ability to replace the legacy application security solutions that have been on the market for more than 10 years. As software is being created at a faster pace, using new development techniques, the need for application security has never been more critical. Gartner's Magic Quadrant for AST states that software "application security testing is growing faster than any other security market as AST solutions adapt to new development methodologies and increased application complexity." And, "by 2019, enterprise IAST adoption will have exceeded 30 percent." Contrast believes that in order to meet the market need, a new, fully automated and breathtakingly accurate approach is required – one that performs at DevOps speed and enterprise scale. To effectively protect software applications, continuous security must go along with continuous integration, delivery and deployment to provide up-to-the-minute analysis of web application vulnerabilities. The reality is that most legacy approaches to application security require multiple products and an army of application security experts. With Contrast Assess, developers can finally instantly discover and secure their own vulnerabilities without requiring security experts or having to wait hours or days for a security testing scan to complete. Contrast Assess: Why It Works Contrast Assess covers more code, produces more accurate results and verifies a broader range of security rules than either Static Application Security Testing (SAST) or Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) tools. In fact, Contrast Assess delivers all the analysis capabilities and benefits of IAST (Interactive Application Security Testing), SAST, DAST, SCA (Software Composition Analysis) and more, combined into a ingle, integrated and continuous application security platform. Contrast Assess and Protect: A Complete Application Security Solution Contrast is the only solution that provides both application security testing and protection in a single integrated product. The Contrast platform ensures application security from the first line of code written all the way through production and operations. The Contrast Vision
"We are confident that no other vendor has the right market vision, and that no other product – IAST or otherwise – embodies this vision like Contrast does," said Jeff Williams, CTO and cofounder of Contrast Security. "Our Assess solution straddles the definitions of all application security testing and analysis tools – IAST, SAST, DAST, SCA – combining the best elements of each technique, while minimizing the weakness inherent in each individual approach. As a result, our customers get the most accurate results, at the speed of today's modern development environments." Continuing Issues with Application Security "With such strong awareness of web application vulnerabilities, it's disheartening to see that they are still happening with such frequency," said Williams. "Insecure code has become the leading security risk for business today. Our data further demonstrates the need for disruption and reinvention in application security, with solutions that can keep pace with new development methodologies and increased application complexity." A full copy of the Gartner AST MQ can be downloaded here. Required Disclaimer: About Contrast Security For more information:
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