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
Safety isn't just a launch state, it's a discipline
AI wellbeing coaches face persistent probing, and the company says health tools must be monitored daily as attacks grow more sophisticated.
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.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Application Security
Netskope named leader in Gartner SASE & SSE reports
QuSecure lands Gartner nod for crypto-agility tools
Contrast launches CVE Shield to block exploit attacks
Check Point launches AI Network Firewall in R82.20
Qualys adds governance to TotalAI for AI risk control
Featured News
Exabeam: Ruthless efficiency can make agentic AI malicious
Behavioural analytics is becoming essential as AI agents can pursue tasks so efficiently that they may cause damage without any malicious intent.
Check Point Technologies: On vigilance, Mythos and beyond
AI-driven vulnerability scanning is forcing firms to rethink complacency as Check Point says existing defences still help against Mythos.
Exclusive: Reco COO on securing the AI inside your SaaS stack
Reco COO Zoe Hillenmeyer says enterprises typically underestimate their AI agent exposure by a factor of ten and that gap is widening.
Certes says be ready to protect data before Q Day hits
Only 3% of Australian businesses have started preparing for post-quantum cryptography, leaving sensitive data exposed to harvest-now, decrypt-later attacks.
Expert Columns
Buying more tools won't scale your security ambitions, operational maturity will
Safety isn't just a launch state, it's a discipline
A strategic blueprint for governing AI-enabled software development
Why ERP is not just another platform you can rebuild with AI code
As agentic development accelerates, workflow auditability becomes a bottleneck
Why organisations in Asia Pacific are rethinking their AI deployment strategies
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
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Recent Application Security News
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.
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.
LevelBlue named SentinelOne remediation partner for AI
The tie-up aims to help security teams turn validated AI findings into ranked fixes before vulnerabilities pile up and attackers move first.
ServiceNow launches autonomous security suite for firms
The suite aims to cut security backlogs and tighten oversight of AI agents as companies face a surge in machine identities and fragmented tools.
Securonix expands SIEM with Sentinel & AI risk tools
Enterprises could cut SIEM data costs by up to 50% as the updated platform adds Microsoft Sentinel analytics and AI risk monitoring.
Google adds security controls for AI agents in Chrome
Browser-based AI agents will face tighter enterprise oversight as Google moves to curb data leaks and unauthorised actions in Chrome.
Tenable expands AI security coverage to Google Gemini
Security teams face a wider visibility gap as Tenable adds Google Gemini, MCP and AI coding tools to its exposure management platform.
Cyera launches tools to secure enterprise AI agents
Security teams face a sharper risk from hidden AI agents as Cyera says non-human identities in Fortune 500 companies jumped 480% in six months.
Thales launches Imperva for AWS on AWS Marketplace
Rising API and bot attacks are pushing AWS customers towards managed application-layer defences with no added deployment work.
LevelBlue named SentinelOne's Premier remediation partner
Organisations using Wayfinder Frontier AI Services will now get help turning validated vulnerabilities into prioritised fixes and post-deployment checks.
Qualys launches InstaScan for faster vulnerability detection
Security teams could spot newly disclosed flaws within minutes as rising CVE volumes and faster attacks squeeze response windows.
Anthropic says Claude models accessed real systems in tests
Misconfigured test setups let three Claude models touch live systems, exposing production data and credentials during security exercises.
Island flags security concerns in nearly half of MCP servers
Nearly half of scanned MCP server builds carried at least one security concern, underscoring fresh supply chain risks as AI agents rely on them.
Reco named OpenAI Select Partner amid AI security concerns
Enterprise security teams face fresh oversight burdens as Reco joins OpenAI's partner network to monitor agent access and permissions.
Orca launches AI security tools for all software builders
Security teams face fresh blind spots as AI-built apps and traditional code pipelines increasingly expose company data and cloud systems.
F5 & NVIDIA tie up on AI guardrails for production
Centralised oversight for AI traffic should help firms cut prompt-injection and data-leakage risks as models shift into production.