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Application Security Testing (AST) is increasingly plagued by "AppSec noise"—a flood of irrelevant, redundant, or false-positive alerts generated by multiple, often misconfigured tools. This overload can lead to alert fatigue, causing teams to miss real vulnerabilities and waste valuable time. Factors such as aggressive scanning, poor tool configuration, and lack of communication between security and development teams all contribute to the issue. To combat this, organizations should optimize scan configurations, foster cross-team collaboration, integrate AST tools into CI/CD pipelines, and leverage automation and AI to filter out noise. Apona addresses this challenge by embedding intelligent security directly into the development process, enabling teams to focus on real threats and streamline their AST efforts.

DevSecOps bridges the gap between speed-focused development and risk-averse security by integrating security into every stage of the DevOps lifecycle. While security is often perceived as a bottleneck, embedding it early can actually accelerate development by catching vulnerabilities sooner—saving time, money, and effort. Core DevSecOps principles like Shift Left security, automation, and team collaboration ensure security becomes a shared responsibility rather than a final hurdle. However, poorly planned integrations—like excessive manual checks, noisy tools, or untrained teams—can slow progress. To avoid this, teams should foster a security-first culture, automate testing, fine-tune tools, manage access, and continuously improve. Apona helps streamline this approach by embedding intelligent security tools into the development process, enabling faster and more secure code delivery.