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Contrast Security Named a Visionary in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Application Security Testing

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In the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing (AST), Contrast Security is recognized as a Visionary. In our opinion, our platform combines breadth of testing with runtime intelligence to help organizations build fast and stay secure, unlike any other solution on the market.

At the core is Contrast’s Application Detection and Response (ADR), which delivers real-time visibility and protection against live application-layer attacks.

Why Our Customers Say Contrast Stands Out

Gartner recognized Contrast as a Visionary for its Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision. Customers tell us they choose Contrast because we:

  • Block live application-layer attacks in real time with Contrast ADR.

  • Find and fix real vulnerabilities faster with Contrast Assess, the industry’s most widely adopted IAST solution that minimizes false positives.

  • Prioritize what matters most using Contrast Graph and Contrast Score, which deliver context-rich, runtime-informed risk ratings.

  • Automate remediation with SmartFix AI, generating application-specific fixes and delivering them directly into developer workflows through tools like GitHub Copilot and GitHub Actions.

  • Eliminate alert fatigue and reduce remediation from weeks to minutes.

We feel this recognition a Visionary reflects our mission: to give development, AppSec, and SOC teams precise visibility into exploitable risks and the power to stop them before they become incidents.

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing, Jason Gross, Mark Horvath, etl. 6 October 2025.
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