5 Tips for an Effective AppSec Testing Strategy

This article outlines five key components of an effective application security testing strategy—threat modeling to prioritize testing, cautious automation with security-focused unit tests, ongoing manual penetration testing (including bug bounties), robust vulnerability management and SLAs, and measurable metrics (MTTD, MTTR, asset coverage, open critical vulnerabilities, and vulnerability acceptance)—to help organizations integrate security into DevSecOps without disrupting delivery.