Application Security — the software you ship is the attack surface you actually own.
87% of organisations run software with at least one known, exploitable vulnerability already in production. SIRI's application security capability covers secure development, dependency risk and OWASP-mapped testing — built to close the gap between what's shipped and what's actually safe.
Most exploitable vulnerabilities aren't zero-days — they're known and unpatched
The gap isn't discovering vulnerabilities. It's the 278 days between a fix existing and it being applied.
Application security is often framed around finding novel flaws, but the more common failure mode is simpler: a known, patchable vulnerability that was never remediated, in a dependency nobody's actively maintaining, buried under enough scanner noise that nobody prioritised it. Testing has to account for that reality, not just add another scan to a pile of unactioned alerts.
87% of organisations run at least one service with a known, exploitable vulnerability already deployed. That's not a testing-coverage problem — it's a triage and remediation problem, compounded by a median dependency lag of 278 days and a scanner alert volume where only 18% of “critical” findings hold up once runtime context is actually applied. Effective application security has to cut through that noise to what's genuinely exploitable in your specific environment.
SIRI's application security testing combines manual, business-logic-aware testing against the OWASP Top 10 with dependency and supply-chain review, prioritising findings by what's actually exploitable in context — not scanner severity alone — and feeding validated critical findings directly into SIRI Attack for full exploitation testing.
What organisations get wrong
Four assumptions that leave known vulnerabilities in production
Most application security gaps aren't about missing scans — they're about what happens after the scan.
“We run automated scanning, so we're covered”
Automated scanning finds pattern-matched issues; it doesn't test business logic, chained vulnerabilities, or whether a “critical” finding is actually exploitable in context.
“We fix critical findings as they come in”
Only 18% of default-critical findings stay critical once runtime context is applied — without triage, remediation effort goes to noise instead of real risk.
“Our own code is secure, so we're fine”
42% of services depend on unmaintained libraries — first-party code security says nothing about the risk sitting in your dependency tree.
“We test before every major release”
With a 278-day median dependency lag, vulnerabilities accumulate between releases faster than a release-gated testing cadence can catch them.
What SIRI's application security covers
From secure development through to what's actually exploitable
OWASP-mapped, business-logic-aware, and triaged by real exploitability.
Web & API Security Testing
Manual testing against the OWASP Top 10 and business-logic flaws automated scanners miss.
- OWASP Top 10 coverage
- Business-logic testing
- REST/GraphQL API testing
Dependency & Supply-Chain Review
Assessing dependency risk, maintenance status and version lag across your software supply chain.
- Dependency risk assessment
- Maintained-vs-unmaintained review
- SBOM & provenance review
Secure Development Guidance
Guidance and review built into the development process, not bolted on before release.
- Secure coding review
- Architecture & design review
- Developer-facing guidance
Mobile Application Security
iOS and Android application security assessment across the full application stack.
- iOS & Android testing
- Mobile API & backend testing
- Local storage & data-at-rest review
Exploitability-Based Triage
Cutting through scanner noise to what's genuinely exploitable in your environment.
- Runtime-context triage
- False-positive elimination
- Business-impact prioritisation
Continuous Application Testing
Testing that keeps pace with release cadence, not gated to an annual cycle.
- Continuous / PTaaS-style testing
- Release-cycle-aligned testing
- Retesting & validation
Evidence, not guesswork
No AppSec programme vs. automated scanning only vs. SIRI Application Security — what actually differs
Scanning for known patterns and testing for exploitable risk are different disciplines.
| Approach | No AppSec programme | Automated scanning only | SIRI Application Security |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business-logic testing | No | No | Included |
| Dependency & supply-chain review | No | Partial — version checks only | Included |
| Exploitability-based triage | No | No | Standard |
| Mobile application coverage | No | Rare | Included |
| Mapped to OWASP Top 10 | No | Partial | Yes |
Sources: Datadog 2026 State of DevSecOps report; OWASP Top 10. Summarised for comparison.
Numbers every board should know
What's actually sitting in production
Run vulnerable software
Organisations operating at least one service with a known, exploitable vulnerability.
Median dependency lag
Behind current library releases — 63 days worse than the prior year.
Depend on unmaintained code
Of services rely on libraries that are no longer actively maintained.
Of “critical” findings hold up
Once runtime context is applied to default scanner severity ratings.
Compliance alignment
Standards & frameworks we align to
Our methodology is built around publicly recognised frameworks — not a proprietary checklist. Where a specific certification or attestation is completed and verified, it will be named here explicitly.
Framework references reflect publicly available versions as of publication and describe the standards our methodology is aligned to; they are not a claim of certification, attestation, or audit completion unless stated explicitly elsewhere on this site.
Why SIRI for application security specifically
Testing that cuts through scanner noise to what's actually exploitable
The gap in most AppSec programmes isn't detection volume — it's knowing what to act on first.
Manual, not just automated
Business-logic and chained-vulnerability testing goes beyond what pattern-matching scanners can find on their own.
Supply chain included
Dependency and maintenance-status review is a standard part of the engagement, not a separate purchase.
Triaged by exploitability
Findings are prioritised by what's actually exploitable in your environment, not raw scanner severity.
Escalates into full offensive testing
Critical findings feed directly into SIRI Attack for complete exploitation and business-impact assessment.
Who this is built for
Organisations SIRI's application security is built for
How we work
From assessment to continuous, release-aligned testing
Scope & Baseline
Mapping applications, APIs and dependency footprint in scope.
Week 1Test & Triage
Manual and automated testing, triaged by real exploitability.
Weeks 2–3Remediate & Retest
Prioritised remediation guidance and fix verification.
Week 4Continuous Testing
Ongoing testing aligned to your release cadence.
OngoingFrequently asked
Application security, answered directly
How is this different from the automated scanning we already run?
Automated scanning is one input; this adds manual testing for business logic and chained vulnerabilities, dependency and supply-chain review, and triage that separates genuinely exploitable findings from scanner noise.
Do you cover our software supply chain, or just our own code?
Both — dependency and third-party library risk is assessed alongside first-party code, since 42% of services depend on libraries that are no longer actively maintained.
Can this run alongside our existing CI/CD pipeline?
Yes, where scoped — testing can be aligned to your release cadence rather than gated to an annual or quarterly cycle.
How do you prioritise findings differently from our scanner?
Findings are triaged by exploitability in your actual runtime environment, not default severity labels — since only around 18% of default-critical findings remain critical once that context is applied.
Do you test mobile applications too?
Yes — iOS and Android application security assessment, including backend API and local data-storage review, is included as part of the application security capability.
Find out what's actually exploitable in what you've shipped
Test the software you actually run.
Start with a scoped assessment, or move to continuous testing aligned to your release cadence.
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