The Sprint Towards Runtime Application Security
Application security has long relied on traditional scanning tools to identify vulnerabilities. However, as modern applications have evolved — becoming more complex, dynamic, and interconnected — the limitations of these solutions have become increasingly apparent. Security teams are now faced with challenges that legacy AppSec technologies simply weren’t built to handle. The constantly changing nature of applications demands a new approach — one that provides continuous results that aren’t dependent on point-in-time scans. This is where Run Security keeps pace with the modern needs of application security.
Why Traditional AST Falls Short
Application security testing (AST) tools have played a crucial role for years, but they come with inherent limitations:
- Point-in-time scanning: Only tests an application at a specific moment, missing vulnerabilities that appear in between scans.
- Lack of runtime context: Don’t understand how an application behaves in production, leading to false positives and missing real-world attack vectors.
- Limited Application visibility: Lacks the ability to see how applications interact dynamically in a live environment.
Modern exposure management requires a continuous, always-active solution, rather than occasional security snapshots. This is where Run Security enters the race.
Staying One Step Ahead with Runtime Observability
Understanding the origin, behavior, and real-time exposure is critical for effective application security. Runtime observability goes beyond traditional security testing by monitoring applications as they run —identifying vulnerabilities in context and prioritizing security risks based on exposure, exploitability, and business impact.
At the heart of this approach is eBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter), a revolutionary technology that enables deep, process-level observability in the Linux kernel. With eBPF, security teams can:
- Track application behavior at runtime
- Identify vulnerabilities based on real-world attack paths
- Reduce noise from false positives by analyzing actual application usage
By leveraging eBPF-powered observability, security teams can gain unparalleled insight into application traffic and security risks, making it possible to focus on real threats rather than theoretical ones.
What is RS Prevent?
Run Security is redefining what runtime application security should be: always-active, deeply observable, and designed to empower both DevOps and Security without slowing innovation.
Unlike DAST, which relies on simulated attacks in controlled environments, RS Prevent continuously observes actual application behavior, detecting vulnerabilities based on real execution paths and interactions. By using eBPF for deep observability, it delivers the next evolution of runtime application security — one that is dynamic, contextual, easy to deploy, and always up to date.
Security is evolving, and point-in-time scanners just can’t keep up with vulnerabilities and misconfigurations being introduced in today’s constantly changing applications. True runtime application security is always-active, never leaving an application unobserved, service unmanaged, or vulnerability undetected. Join us on this journey as we explore how Run Security meets the demands of modern application security — helping your team stay ahead of risks the moment they emerge, before they can be exploited.
