Unlocking the Future of Application Security: Evolution from ASOC to ASPM>
Legit Security – Dex Tovin
ASOC (Application Security Orchestration and Correlation) is a solution category that aims to safeguard applications from potential security and risk threats.
It integrates various application security tools and solutions, combining findings, data sources, and analyses to aggregate and streamline the data from these multiple tools.
ASOC offers several benefits to developers and security teams, including time efficiency, well-defined security KPIs, continuous and automated security scanning, streamlined vulnerability management, and enhanced threat intelligence.
However, ASOC also has limitations and challenges that led to its replacement by ASPM (Application Security Posture Management).
Some of the limitations of ASOC include not addressing the root causes of security vulnerabilities, complexity in data correlation, lack of application context, limited production visibility, weak risk scoring, and integration complexity.
ASPM, on the other hand, represents the next evolution in application security and offers several advantages over ASOC.
Some of the ways ASPM better serves organizations’ comprehensive application security needs include contextual threat assessment, broad SDLC integration, enhanced risk scoring and management, remediation guidance within workflow tools, and powerful correlation of security discoveries between multiple tools.
ASPM goes beyond vulnerability discovery and instead focuses on assessing threats contextually, integrating into the end-to-end software development lifecycle, and providing applicable remediation guidance.
Its adoption is increasing due to the need for addressing the complexity of developer environments, the security needs of software development, and the operational challenges faced by DevSecOps teams.
In summary, while ASOC has provided value in application security, ASPM offers a more comprehensive framework to address the evolving needs of organizations in securing their applications.
Link: https://www.legitsecurity.com/blog/unlocking-the-future-of-application-security-evolution-from-asoc-to-aspm