Analyst Report

Gartner Report: Hype Cycle for Application Security, 2021

Strengthen your application security strategy with expert insights into mature and emerging technologies.

Analyst Report

Gartner Report: Hype Cycle for Application Security, 2021

Strengthen your application security strategy with expert insights into mature and emerging technologies.


As a result of the increased ability to release better software and protect it thoroughly coupled with the accelerated adoption of application security, security, and risk management (SRM) leaders are now tasked with adopting a global view of application security. Instead of relying on a set of stand-alone products, SRM leaders are orchestrating multiple application security innovations to serve as a coherent defense.

Per our understanding, this new report from Gartner explores a range of mature and emerging technologies to support this move toward a systems view of application security allowing tools to integrate as meaningful parts into continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

Gain insights into:

  • How to deliver and operate secure software for the organization and its clients
  • How to separate hype from the real drivers of a technology’s commercial promise
  • Tips for organizations looking to optimize IT-enabled service delivery with APM

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*Gartner, Hype Cycle for Application Security, 2021, Joerg Fritsch, 12 July 2021

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