The patching treadmill: Why traditional application security is no longer enough
Summary
The article argues that traditional find-and-fix application security no longer scales as CI/CD and AI-assisted development accelerate code production and introduce vulnerabilities faster than teams can remediate. It highlights data showing long fix times and a large backlog of unresolved vulnerabilities, noting many known exploited vulnerabilities appear in the wild before vendors patch them. It cautions that relying on runtime defenses and compensating controls can mask weak code and become a dangerous long-term substitute for fixing root causes. It recommends shifting security left into code creation while keeping scanning and runtime protections as a secondary safety net.
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