The Ultimate Guide to Application Security
A curated Kiwi edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Application Security.
What to know about Application Security
Application Security focuses on protecting software applications from vulnerabilities and cyber threats throughout their development and operational life cycles. This critical field addresses challenges such as runtime protection, secure coding practices, DevSecOps integration, API security, cloud-native environments, and mitigating attacks like DDoS, supply chain risks, and malicious bot traffic.
Exploring the latest stories in Application Security reveals how advancements like AI and automation are enhancing threat detection, vulnerability management, and developer workflows, while highlighting ongoing risks found in mobile apps, open source components, and cloud deployments. Readers can gain insights into best practices, emerging technologies, and strategies to safeguard applications against evolving cyber threats.
Whether you’re a developer, security professional, or business leader, staying informed about Application Security developments helps in building resilient software, maintaining compliance, and protecting user data in an increasingly complex digital landscape.
Kiwi Application Security News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Wellington startup launches Metaport for agency risk
Wellington startup Dcentrica has unveiled Metaport, a platform giving digital agencies real-time visibility of security and maintenance risk.
Capture The Bug adds US tech leaders for North American push
Hamilton-born Capture The Bug taps top US tech leaders to drive North American growth as demand rises for continuous security testing.
'Be very, very suspicious': Neighbourly breach makes users vulnerable - expert
Neighbourly breach puts up to a million users at risk as stolen GPS data and messages hit dark web, experts urge extreme vigilance online.
Rapid7 partners with Duo for strategic distribution in New Zealand
New Zealand's cybersecurity expenditure could boost as Rapid7 appoints Duo, a branch of Sektor, for strategic distribution.
Top cybersecurity achievements celebrated at 2023 iSANZ Awards
New Zealand's cybersecurity heroes, including KPMG's Philip Whitmore and BNZ teams, were honoured at the 2023 iSANZ Awards for advancing digital resilience nationwide.
Radware and Spark NZ enter cybersecurity partnership
Radware and Spark NZ have signed a partnership agreement to offer application and network security services in New Zealand.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Application Security
Cycode launches agentic development lifecycle security
Cognizant launches Secure AI Services for enterprises
Check Point wins Frost & Sullivan recognition for WAF
Capsule Security raises $7 million to guard AI agents
Gigamon eyes AI-led surge in network observability
Featured News
Upwind Expands to Sydney: Real Time Cloud Security for APJ
The Sydney move follows a USD $250 million funding round as the cloud security firm bets on real-time protection for fast-growing AI workloads.
AI agents multiply risk, says DigiCert chief product officer
Many firms cannot see where their AI agents are, leaving identity, policy and supply-chain risks to grow as deployments scale.
Google Cloud CEO sets out enterprise AI agent plan
Enterprises will get one place to build, govern and run AI agents, as Google Cloud expands Gemini Enterprise across models, data and security.
'Human Risk' takes centre stage - Mimecast CEO
Mimecast chief warns human risk is now cybersecurity's 'eighth layer' as malicious insiders overtake negligence in Australian attacks.
UiPath Accelerates AI in Software Development and Testing
UiPath is pushing AI deeper into software testing, promising autonomous agents that transform quality assurance and developers' roles.
Grafana: Turning data chaos into developer efficiency and CFO savings
Grafana leans on AI-powered observability and Adaptive Telemetry to sharpen developer insight while slashing cloud bills by up to 50%.
Expert Columns
The evolving role of the CSO: From technical guardian to business strategist
From 398 to 200 Days: Understanding the TLS Certificate Lifespan Reduction
Secure by default: Moving beyond secure by design
Why the next endpoint and SASE disruption will not come from a security vendor
The security challenges in AI-assisted software development
Hybrid mesh security emerges to counter AI cyber risks
How AI-powered log management unlocks observability
AI surge exposes cloud security gaps, report warns
Agentic AI double agents expose dangerous security gaps
Automation vital as TLS certificate lifespans shrink
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Application Security News
Snyk expands reach across NZ market with new structure and leadership roles
Snyk is expanding its reach across the NZ market, aiming to further cement its place in the developer-focused security space.
Auldhouse significantly expands cybersecurity training offerings
Auldhouse set to become one of New Zealand's leading cybersecurity training providers, gaining official rights to the world's top cybersecurity certifications.
NZ financial firms bolster secure software development with Checkmarx
Two major financial institutions in New Zealand have refreshed their application security measures with the help of security specialist Checkmarx.
Chillisoft to distribute Imperva security solutions
Chillisoft adds Imperva to its cybersecurity portfolio, offering enterprise data security, web application, BOT protection, and CDN solutions.
The three-pronged security approach to multi-cloud environments
As enterprises adopt multi-cloud strategies, vArmour simplifies security with a three-pronged approach: auto-discovery, policy computation, and enforcement.
Akamai warns of surging DDoS attacks on financial firms
Sustained assaults are disrupting online banking and payments as EMEA becomes the main target for DDoS campaigns against lenders.
OpenText launches AI cyber tools for Australian firms
Australian firms face rising cyber and compliance costs as OpenText adds tools to govern AI use, data access and application risks.
Anthropic model can chain bugs into exploits, Cloudflare
The findings suggest AI-assisted bug hunting is edging closer to practical exploitation, raising the stakes for software teams racing to patch flaws.
Concentric AI adds Claude compliance auditing integration
Companies using Claude can now log prompts, responses and attachments for compliance, easing oversight of sensitive data shared by staff.
Okta expands AI agent controls with Amazon Bedrock
Customers can now govern AI agents across mixed systems as Okta adds Bedrock support and lets firms keep existing identity providers.
Synack report says vulnerability testing gap widens
Enterprises are testing only about 32% of their attack surface, leaving many assets outside regular security checks as threats grow faster.
HackerOne links validated flaws to Wiz cloud platform
Security teams may cut backlogs as validated HackerOne flaws are mapped into Wiz, linking exploit evidence to cloud assets for faster prioritisation.
MySQL exposures & slow fixes plague firms, study finds
Nearly half of organisations are leaving risky ports and services open, with midmarket firms taking up to 56 days to fix exposures.
HackerOne & Wiz link validated findings to cloud risk
Security teams can now rank cloud flaws by exploitability and impact, as validated HackerOne reports feed directly into Wiz's risk graph.
Sweet launches AI red-team agent to test attack paths
Security teams under pressure to prove real exploitability can now test live production systems for attack paths rather than theoretical flaws.
Intruder finds exposed MySQL databases in 26% of firms
The findings show many firms still leave internet-facing databases and admin tools open, giving attackers easy routes before flaws are even published.
Cisco open-sources Foundry Security Spec for AI testing
Security teams will be able to verify AI-generated vulnerability findings more reliably, as Cisco's framework tackles false positives and invented issues.
CyberCX report finds 29% of tests exposed severe flaws
AI systems and social engineering tests proved especially risky, as CyberCX found severe weaknesses in half and 77% of cases respectively.
Fortinet expands NVIDIA tie-up to secure enterprise AI
The integration aims to curb prompt injection and data leaks as enterprises push AI agents into production across cloud and on-premises systems.
Secure Code Warrior launches Bedrock security training
Developers using generative AI will get hands-on lessons on prompt injection and data leakage as AWS expands Bedrock adoption.