Compliance and governance

Ensure governance policies are enforced in real-time while supporting rapid code development by integrating compliance seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines.

The problem: compliance bottlenecks slow secure development

Balancing compliance enforcement with fast-paced development cycles is challenging, leaving security teams struggling to manage vulnerabilities and ensure good governance without slowing down release cycles. Consider these key statistics:

• 70% of applications have flaws in third-party code
• Up to 252 days to respond/remediate (MTTR) vulnerabilities  
• Compliance and governance requirements are among the top challenges causing software project delays with 29% of developers lacking the knowledge to mitigate security issues   
• Over 20% of organizations pay regulatory fines of up to $250,000 due to data breach

Security teams struggle to prioritize vulnerabilities while proving compliance with evolving regulations. Meanwhile, developers are pressured to resolve security issues faster, yet traditional security reviews cannot keep pace with modern CI/CD workflows.

Why it matters

By the time AppSec teams scan code and log vulnerabilities, developers have already moved on to the next sprint, making security fixes costly and inefficient. Without continuous compliance enforcement, security teams face an uphill battle in mitigating risks while keeping up with regulatory requirements. 

Delayed security assessments and compliance audits leave organizations vulnerable to breaches, fines and reputational damage. Additionally, manually managing compliance reports is inefficient, creating bottlenecks that further slow down development cycles.

Organizations need a solution that integrates seamlessly into existing development pipelines to gate releases and enforce compliance policies in real time, ensuring that critical security risks are addressed before deployment.

The Contrast solution

Contrast Security streamlines compliance and governance by embedding security directly into CI/CD workflows, ensuring real-time visibility, automated enforcement, and actionable insights for security teams. This approach enables organizations to proactively manage compliance without slowing down software development cycles. Key capabilities include:

• Comprehensive compliance insights: Contrast continuously monitors code and dependencies, providing detailed compliance reports that highlight gaps and ensure regulatory adherence. AppSec teams can generate automated audit-ready reports with minimal effort, reducing compliance burdens and improving overall risk posture.
• Seamless CI/CD integration: Contrast integrates natively with Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, and other CI/CD tools, embedding security into existing workflows without disruption. This allows development and AppSec teams to collaborate more effectively and maintain governance policies across all deployment environments. vulnerabilities, enabling better risk assessment across the entire development pipeline.
• Compensating controls: Contrast enables security teams to block attacks on unsafe code at runtime, stopping application exploits even in production. By leveraging Contrast as a compensating control, development teams can work through the backlog of security and compliance issues without the pressure.

Transforming compliance and governance

Contrast enables organizations to streamline compliance enforcement while maintaining development velocity, ensuring security policies are met without slowing down innovation. Key outcomes include:

• Proactive compliance
  Developers and AppSec teams collaborate to address compliance issues early in the SDLC, reducing risks and avoiding delays in development cycles.
• Reduced hassle
  Teams can identify compliance issues automatically as a natural part of the CI/CD pipeline, reducing the need for developers to revisit committed code.
• Cut the stress
  Runtime protection can handle threats in real-time, freeing teams to focus on development priorities without constant security interruptions.

Learn more

Ready to ensure compliance without slowing down development? Learn more about how Contrast Security can help your organization enforce governance policies while accelerating secure software delivery.

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