Checkmarx ASPM

Application Security Posture Management is the AppSec industry’s solution to the global problem of an increasingly unmanageable number of vulnerabilities found in software. Rather than focus security and development teams on reaching “0 vulnerabilities,” the purpose of ASPM is to help AppSec teams analyze massive numbers of vulnerabilities and make recommendations on which vulnerabilities to fix in order to make the largest reduction of risk possible for the business. This helps AppSec to strategically expand its efforts in alignment with overall enterprise risk and communicate that risk in terms that other parts of the business can understand. The goal is for AppSec teams to effectively scale their efforts surrounding the evaluation and mitigation of risk associated with their own custom-built software.

Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) platforms work by ingesting data from multiple application security testing (AST) tools, correlating the results based on custom inputs and proprietary algorithms, and providing guidance to AppSec teams on which vulnerabilities should be fixed first. ASPM platforms are supposed to operate under the auspices of vendor agnosticism – that is to say, they should be able to ingest data from any tools capable of outputting AppSec testing data in the universal Static Analysis Results Interchange Format (SARIF). Checkmarx ASPM is designed specifically to ingest SARIF files so that you can “bring your own results” and use whatever AppSec tools you already have in place.

Checkmarx ASPM is an integral part of the Checkmarx One enterprise AppSec platform, and we provide flexible, competitive pricing to meet the demands of the market.

Statis Application Security Testing (SAST) is one tool that acts as an input to an Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) platform. SAST is a tool specifically designed to help uncover vulnerabilities in custom code during the early stages of application development. Checkmarx SAST is the market-leading SAST solution, showing you exactly what critical vulnerabilities to fix, and giving you the flexibility to create and deliver secure applications. ASPM is the overall approach of aggregating, correlating, and analyzing the data ingested from Application Security Testing tools (AST) such as SAST, and applying the garnered insight to give you a holistic view into your security posture, helping AppSec teams effectively scale their efforts surrounding the evaluation and mitigation of risk associated with their own custom-built software.

Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) is an approach to identifying and managing the security of “sensitive data” – with “sensitive” referring directly to any data held by a company that is protected by government regulation.

Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) is a holistic approach to evaluating and regulating the secure development of custom software throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and into production.

Checkmarx understands that while the steps in the SDLC are the same everywhere, how each company approaches it from a technology and process standpoint is different. In the end, you need an AppSec platform that works the way you do to maintain the strongest security posture. That’s why Checkmarx focuses on integrating with as many of the tools, both new and legacy, that you and your developers use to do your jobs. Here are the basics, but please check our documentation to make certain we suit your needs:

CI/CD – Automate scanning as part of your 
CI/CD Pipeline

Development Frameworks – Support your 
development teams in how they work together with support for 100+ development frameworks

Feedback Tools – Give your developers the necessary context to find and fix vulnerabilities, within their existing workflow, with our industry-leading support tools.

IDE – Enable developers to review and fix vulnerabilities in their preferred IDE.

Programming Languages – Checkmarx One 
offers out-of-the-box support for 50+ languages

SCM Integrations – Automate scanning as code is checked in, enabling your team to shift even further left

An ASPM solution is designed to give organizations a holistic view of their application security posture so they can identify and respond to application risk. Components include aggregated risk scoring for each application based on exploitability, the ability to ingest, correlate and analyze data from third-party AppSec tools, unified risk view across the SDLC for runtime context, integrations into developers’ cloud tools, IDE, and ticketing systems, broad language support, and policy management capabilities.

ASPM solutions can significantly aid in achieving compliance with various security standards. ASPM solutions continuously monitor your environment and generate comprehensive reports, helping ensure that your security posture meets regulatory requirements and simplifying the audit process. In addition, ASPM helps build a culture of continuous improvement, helping demonstrate adherence to industry standards.

Automation handles repetitive tasks such as data ingestion, vulnerability scanning, risk scoring, and workflow integration. This automated approach accelerates the identification of security issues while minimizing the risk of human error. As a result, organizations can ensure that the appropriate security controls take place across every development pipeline to maintain a consistently high security posture.

ASPM solutions address vulnerabilities in third-party components by providing visibility into vulnerabilities in open-source libraries, public container images, and more. This includes all dependencies, dependencies of dependencies, etc. The risk of software supply chain vulnerabilities is significantly reduced.

ASPM offers  centralized visibility of an organization’s application security posture. It aggregates data from SAST, DAST, SCA, AI security, containers, etc. to provide real-time insights into vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and malware. This comprehensive view enables security teams to prioritize so developers can remediate risks based on their potential impact and while taking into account development requirements. In other words, by turning raw data into actionable security insights, ASPM facilitates a proactive risk management approach for maintaining a robust security framework.

Organizations should carefully evaluate factors such as scalability, integration capabilities into dev workflows, ease of use, ability to support legacy and modern applications, wide security tool coverage and automated remediation with minimal false positives. Vendor reputation and customer support are equally important, as they can greatly impact the quality and success of the solution.