Contrast Runtime Security Platform
The only real-time and always-on application and API security solution that prevents exploits in production and insecure programming during development.
DevOps
- Identify security defects sooner in the SDLC when they’re easier to fix
- Fix vulnerabilities faster with specific remediation guidance
AppSec
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Replace multiple redundant tools with a single platform for first- and third-party security testing
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Reduce time chasing false positive alerts
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Eliminate disruptive zero-day fire drills
SecOps
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Spot stealthy application attacks sooner
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Block exploits of zero-day application vulnerabilities
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Contain emerging application threats before they become a damaging breach
The Contrast Runtime Security Platform is designed to integrate DevOps, AppSec and SecOps processes by operating from within the application. Contrast leverages the power of instrumentation to embed security within the application's runtime, which solves the challenges introduced by disparate legacy Application Security (AppSec) tools in modern software environments.
The Contrast approach helps organizations block attacks in production and prevent insecure programming early in development. It easily scales to protect your entire software portfolio, including applications, application programming interfaces (APIs) and even third-party applications.
Contrast secures the whole application stack at once, instead of scanning pieces separately and overlooking major components. The result is an effective AppSec operating model that delivers a high level of security while also accelerating development productivity and innovation.
The Contrast Runtime Security Platform underpins all Contrast products and delivers a common set of powerful services:
Real-time alerts and insights
- Contrast uses real-time data to assess the severity of security incidents, triggering immediate alerts with context and remediation guidance.
- Contrast constantly monitors applications across environments, analyzing changes and flagging policy violations.
- Contrast delivers critical security information directly to the right teams, through the tools they already use, for seamless integration.
Risk-scoring engine
- Contrast's dynamic risk-scoring engine prioritizes security efforts by considering factors like business impact, threat landscape, security maturity and vulnerability details.
- The risk-scoring engine helps development teams focus on fixing high-risk vulnerabilities and empowers operations teams to respond quickly to incidents with in-depth, code-level details.
AppSec model
- Contrast creates a Digital Security Twin (DST) of your enterprise application ecosystem. This model is a real-time, integrated view covering inventory, attack surface, vulnerabilities, threats, defenses, connections and more.
- Capable of handling hundreds or thousands of applications, the DST enables unparalleled analysis, precise risk prioritization and effective incident response within a single model.
Search, dashboarding and reporting
- Contrast provides rich dashboards and powerful analytics for a complete view of AppSec posture across the entire portfolio.
- Dashboards are provided and tailored to different roles (development, security, etc.) with role-based access control, plus the ability to query and analyze data for deeper insights.
Centralized policy management
- Contrast allows organizations to manage all aspects of AppSec in real time, from vulnerability assessment to compliance and across their entire application portfolio.
- New security rules can be added instantly and customized across all applications, without the need for additional scans or redeployments.
Modern data-streaming architecture
- Contrast's distributed architecture efficiently ingests and analyzes large volumes of security data from various sources across all environments (development, QA, production, cloud, etc.)
- Real-time vulnerability and attack telemetry informs SecOps and developers, enabling rapid identification and response to security threats.
Secure from Within, with the Contrast Intelligent Application Agent
Central to Contrast's unique approach to AppSec is the Intelligent Application Agent. The agent brings visibility and control inside the application itself, where it can be most effective.
Instrument
Contrast’s agent is installed within your local runtime environment. The agent provides instant protection and visibility for Java, .NET, Node.js, PHP, Python, Go and more.
Observe
Contrast’s agent monitors the behavior of running applications — leveraging built-in sensors to assess HTTP streams, SQL queries, library usage and many other sources of behavior telemetry.
Enforce
Contrast’s agent sequences events into traces and watches for behavior patterns that represent violations of your defined security policy. Malicious activity can be instantly blocked, and findings are reported to the central console for alerting and reporting.
91% of Customers Recommend Contrast
Contrast has increased our confidence in the quality and security of our applications. It has empowered our developers, and it is an integral part of our SDLC. It has enhanced developer productivity and security."
The Contrast Runtime Security Platform seamlessly integrates security into the development, operations and DevOps pipelines
The Contrast Runtime Security Platform has the broadest language support of any AppSec platform, offering 30+ partner integrations.
Our technological difference
Contrast embeds lightweight, intelligent agents directly into code, instrumenting applications with thousands of smart sensors that detect real vulnerabilities with game-changing accuracy and precision — left through the development pipeline and right into production, wherever your applications are deployed.
Experience Contrast today
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