Reimagining Application Security for the AI Era

Developers are shipping code faster than ever before. AI coding assistants have turbocharged productivity, enabling teams to deploy new features and applications at unprecedented speed. It’s a remarkable leap forward for innovation.

But security teams are struggling to match that velocity. AI-generated code can introduce vulnerabilities faster than traditional security tools can find them. New applications and APIs multiply the attack surface. The result isn’t a choice between innovation and security—it’s friction that slows both down.

For companies racing to stay competitive, AI-accelerated development is an opportunity—but only if security keeps pace. When security enables velocity instead of blocking it, businesses can innovate confidently and turn security into a competitive advantage.

Why Application Security Can’t Wait

A single vulnerability in an application—from banking apps to healthcare portals to manufacturing systems—represents a potential entry point for an attacker. That can lead to stolen customer data, financial information, or proprietary systems.

Application security (AppSec) teams are the first line of defense to prevent those vulnerabilities, but they face three critical gaps. They don’t know what exists across their expanding attack surface, they can’t test fast enough to match development velocity, and they lack the intelligence needed to prove their programs are reducing risk. Traditional security testing happens too late—after code is deployed—and misses the vulnerabilities attackers actually exploit. AppSec teams waste time managing alerts instead of preventing real risks.

Reimagining Application Security Testing and Intelligence

StackHawk has been solving these AI-era challenges by reimagining AppSec since day one. Rooted in dynamic application security testing, StackHawk examines how applications actually behave, not just how they’re written. This approach is critical in today’s world of modern apps, APIs, and AI interfaces, where the most dangerous vulnerabilities only appear in live applications—risks that code analysis alone can’t detect. StackHawk embeds testing directly into developer workflows, catching vulnerabilities before production and enabling developers to fix issues in minutes.

But StackHawk is much more than a testing tool. It’s a platform that gives AppSec teams full visibility into their expanding attack surface—automatically discovering every application and API from code—so teams can focus resources where risk is highest. Centralized intelligence tracks what’s being tested, what’s getting fixed, and how quickly, providing the metrics leaders need to demonstrate their programs are working.

Application Security as a Growth Engine

The AI development revolution isn’t slowing down—it’s accelerating. For development teams, StackHawk means faster deployments and more time delivering innovative features. For security teams, it delivers visibility and intelligence that protects expanding attack surfaces without burning out. For businesses, it transforms security from a cost center to a competitive advantage.

AppSec teams stop chasing alerts and start preventing real risk. Security scales without adding headcount. And businesses can innovate at AI speed without trading off protection—moving faster, launching confidently, and winning market share.

Companies like ITV, British Airways, Norstella, and many more are partnering with StackHawk to embrace proactive application security—reducing risk while gaining competitive advantage.

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