Software development has fundamentally changed. Application Security must change with it. AI Code Generation Broke the Speed Limit The ratio of developers to AppSec engineers has always been lopsided. But with the advent of AI coding assistants, that gap is no longer just a resource issue; it is an existential crisis for the industry. AI is accelerating software creation dramatically. We are seeing exponentially more code, shipped faster, by more developers of varying skill levels. The traditional model of securing code (manual reviews, gatekeeping, and retrospective scanning) cannot mathematically keep up with this velocity. But the solution isn’t just “more AI.” It is Continuous Agentic Application Security that is rigorous enough for the complex enterprise. The world’s most critical infrastructure runs on code secured by Checkmarx. We are leading the industry toward a future where AI possesses the reasoning capabilities to secure massive, complex ecosystems without breaking developer workflows. We are building a future that understands real risk, automates remediation, and collapses the noise-heavy processes that fail at scale. AI for Application Security is an Imperative With the scale and capabilities of modern AI coding assistants that are baked into the AI IDEs like Windsurf by Cognition, Cursor, AWS Kiro, and others, organizations must adopt an equivalent Agentic AI AppSec solution. It has been found across various recent reports including the OpenAI and Jellyfish paper around AI impact of AI coding tools, that the more AI adoption and utilization by developers, the more software stability and security issues arise. Checkmarx has made a tremendous step forward in building the most advanced AI for AppSec platform with its announcement of the Checkmarx One Developer Assist that empowers developers to identify and prevent issues at the pre-commit phase within the IDE and as code is being written or generated by AI. This solution that also embeds a unique capability of “Safe Refactor” ensures that code is being secured as its being generated as well as ensuring that the entire repo, dependencies, and build are kept intact. This initial developer tailored agent was the first step in the process and it provides great coverage for developers in the AI coding Era at the pre-commit phase, however, this is only one piece of the puzzle – the entire AI lifecycle needs to be Agentically secured, and that is what Tromzo’s additional Agents as we will define below are aiming to address – Proper triaging and remediation at the post commit and build phase including within the SCMs (GitHub). The “Context Gap” is Killing Remediation The problem in AppSec today isn’t limited to finding the vulnerabilities; it is the inability to remediate them at scale before attackers can exploit them. This problem has only gotten worse as AI powered code generation is writing more software and increasing this backlog of vulnerabilities at an exponential rate. The current generation of AppSec tools (and even best-in-class scanners) operate on a model of “Find and List.”, identifying vulnerabilities in code but without contextual understanding of the business context. Missing Context: Current AppSec tools treat a vulnerability in a test environment the same as a critical flaw in a production banking app. Manual vs. Autonomous: Security teams are drowning in triage queues and ticket-driven workflows that rely on human intervention for every single decision. When AI generates 10x the code, a manual triage process doesn’t just slow you down; it collapses. Organizations are wasting precious cycles fixing low-impact issues while critical exposures, hidden in the noise, remain live. The “Old Way” lacks the business awareness to answer the only question that matters: Does this actually pose a risk to us right now? Adding the Layer of Tromzo AppSec Agents for Triaging and Remediation to Checkmarx Assist. Tromzo is the only platform built on a true Cognitive Architecture capable of handling enterprise complexity. Their reasoning agents don’t just “guess”; they ground themselves in the customer’s actual code, cloud, and business data. The Bake-off Result: We pitted multiple AI AppSec agents against our own world-class research team and gold-standard datasets. Tromzo consistently emerged as the leader, delivering the highest accuracy, the deepest reasoning, and the strongest UX. It was the only solution that behaved like an expert AppSec engineer rather than a chatbot. From “Finding” to “Reasoning” This acquisition reinforces Checkmarx as the only true enterprise-grade AppSec platform in a sea of point solutions. By integrating Tromzo, we are delivering the stability and trust of Checkmarx with the speed of next-gen autonomy. Enterprise-Grade Reasoning: Tromzo’s agents analyze vulnerabilities with deep code-to-cloud context. They understand how a massive, distributed application works, evaluate exploitability, and determine business impact. Noise Collapse: Instead of equal-weight findings, you get precise, risk-based decisions grounded in your complex environment. Autonomous Remediation: We replace “ticket floods” with precise, reliable code fixes to remediate risks. This isn’t just about moving fast; it’s about moving fast without breaking compliance or governance controls. Checkmarx has always been the leading platform for securing the world’s most complex code. Now, we are the most intelligent platform as well. Integrating into Checkmarx Tromzo’s technology and AI agents are becoming the core intelligence layer of the Checkmarx platform. We are infusing Tromzo’s deep reasoning agents directly into our platform. This integration strengthens the intelligence layer that helps enterprise customers prevent and remediate vulnerabilities throughout the SDLC. With Tromzo, Checkmarx Assist gains the ability to see the full picture, from code to cloud, pre and post code commit, enabling the unprecedented accuracy and stability that our enterprise customers demand and driving us toward the future of fully supervised, autonomous Application Security. The future of code is AI-generated. The future of application security in the era of AI coding is Checkmarx.
