What is Application Security?
Application security, often shortened as AppSec, is the measures and practices taken to ensure the security of software applications throughout their development lifecycle by preventing malicious attacks and security threats. The main objective of application security is to stop unauthorized access, data breaches, and other malicious activities that could compromise an application‘s confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Application security is a continual process that entails collaboration between developers and security professionals. This includes robust application security monitoring to detect and respond to security incidents in real time, ensuring proactive protection against evolving threats throughout the application's lifecycle.