Navigating the ASPM Landscape: Why Veracode was Named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape
The application security landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. Modern development practices, characterized by cloud-native architecture, microservices, and AI-assisted coding, have exponentially expanded the attack surface. In response, organizations are grappling with an overwhelming volume of vulnerabilities from a disconnected array of security tools. This alert fatigue makes it nearly impossible to distinguish real threats from noise.
Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) has emerged as a critical solution to this challenge. ASPM platforms provide a continuous, risk-based approach to managing application security by unifying visibility, contextualizing risk, and streamlining remediation across the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC).
Veracode is proud to announce that Veracode has been named a Leader in the inaugural IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Application Security Posture Management 2025 Vendor Assessment (doc #US53001925, September 2025). This recognition validates our commitment to providing a comprehensive platform that empowers organizations to manage application risk effectively.
The Challenge: Overcoming Vulnerability Overload
According to IDC, a primary driver for ASPM adoption is the “overwhelming vulnerability volumes and alert fatigue.” Many security teams are inundated with hundreds of thousands of findings, making it difficult to focus on what truly matters. Traditional prioritization methods, such as relying on CVSS scores alone, often fall short because they lack the context of how a vulnerability might be exploited within a specific environment.
This is precisely the problem Veracode Risk Manager (VRM) was designed to solve. VRM was built to provide unified visibility and coordinated remediation, addressing the operational strain caused by fragmented tooling and disconnected data.
A Unified View of Risk with ASPM
A core strength highlighted in the IDC MarketScape report is Veracode’s open ingestion strategy. VRM consolidates findings from a wide range of security sources, including Veracode’s native scanning engines and a wide range of third-party tools. This allows you to build a comprehensive inventory of your application risk without being locked into a single vendor’s ecosystem.
By normalizing and correlating this data with business and asset context, VRM provides a single source of truth for your application security posture. The platform’s repo-to-runtime traceability maps risk from the source code all the way to production environments, giving you a clear line of sight into which components and teams are contributing the most ris
Prioritization That Drives Action
Simply aggregating data is not enough. To be effective, an ASPM solution must help teams prioritize remediation efforts intelligently. The IDC MarketScape notes VRM’s “Best Next Actions,” a remediation model designed to reduce the most risk with the least amount of effort.
Instead of just presenting a long list of vulnerabilities, VRM combines multiple factors—including asset criticality, exploitability, and exposure—to surface the most urgent issues. This contextual approach ensures that development teams can focus their limited resources on fixing the flaws that pose the greatest threat to the business, cutting through the noise to drive meaningful risk reduction.
What This Means for Security Leaders
For CISOs and other security executives, the IDC MarketScape report offers a clear framework for evaluating a fragmented and complex market. Veracode’s position as a Leader solidifies our role as a trusted partner for organizations that want to work with a well-established application security platform while maintaining the flexibility to integrate third-party tools and cloud environments.
Veracode is a strong fit for enterprises looking for a solution that can clarify their primary ASPM objectives, evaluate risk scoring methodologies, and assess remediation efficiency and effectiveness.
Where ASPM Fits in Application Security and Securing the SDLC
Modern software development is fast and complex, making it difficult to maintain a strong security posture. Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) solves this challenge by providing continuous, holistic visibility into your organization’s application risks. It is a fundamental component for building and maintaining secure software.
ASPM enables a proactive approach to security by embedding checks early in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Instead of reacting to threats after an application has been deployed, teams can find and fix vulnerabilities during the development phase. This not only streamlines compliance and improves risk management but also enhances collaboration across development, security, and operations teams. By centralizing vital data and providing actionable insights, ASPM ensures that every phase of the development lifecycle is safeguarded against potential threats, creating a unified strategy for managing vulnerabilities and protecting software integrity.
Moving Forward to Reduce Risk
In a world where attackers are using AI to discover and chain vulnerabilities more quickly, a proactive, risk-based approach is non-negotiable. Veracode’s position as a Leader reflects our proven ability to help organizations address their most critical security risks, offering a platform that not only meets the complex challenges of today but is also built on a forward-looking vision for the future of application security.
SOURCE: “IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Application Security Posture Management 2025 Vendor Assessment” by Katie Norton, September 2025, IDC # US53001925.
IDC MarketScape vendor analysis model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of ICT suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor’s position within a given market. The Capabilities score measures vendor product, go-to-market and business execution in the short-term. The Strategy score measures alignment of vendor strategies with customer requirements in a 3-5-year timeframe. Vendor market share is represented by the size of the circles. Vendor year-over-year growth rate relative to the given market is indicated by a plus, neutral or minus next to the vendor name.
