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2025 OWASP Top 10 and
runtime application security

The industry standard for identifying critical application risks, enabling organizations to prioritize defenses and stop major breaches.

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Application exploits are the #1 target

The 2025 OWASP Top 10 indicates organizations are still relying on traditional methods, even as application vulnerabilities become the top cause of data breaches.
  • Broken access control
  • Security misconfiguration
  • Software supply chain failures
  • Cryptographic failures
  • Injection
  • Insecure design
  • Authentication failures
  • Software or data integrity failures
  • Lagging and alerting failures
  • Mishandling of exceptional conditions

Addressing the OWASP Top 10 with runtime application security

Identify true risks

Automatically and accurately identify OWASP Top Ten vulnerabilities, regardless of whether they are in custom code or libraries, and whether they are known or zero days.

Prioritize true risks

Using context from real, fully deployed applications in runtime, with real users, data, connections and threats, Contrast determines whether the vulnerability is active and exploitable.

Detect and respond to true risks

Determine if OWASP vulnerabilities are targeted by attackers and help security teams respond to attacks, including preventing vulnerabilities from being exploited in production.

Enrich the vulnerability process and defend against attacks

Contrast's technology addresses the risks in the 2025 OWASP Top 10

Pinpoint vulnerable lines of code
  • Monitor application and API behavior and trace activity to the exact line of code where vulnerabilities originate.
  • Enables developers to fix issues quickly and provides automatic remediation with Contrast AI SmartFix.
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Comprehensive software supply chain management
  • Observe components being loaded and executed at runtime.
  • Provides a complete Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) and highlights active application vulnerabilities.
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Protect against runtime attacks
  • Stops attackers from exploiting vulnerabilities and provides operations teams with detailed response runbooks.
  • Enables an active defense mechanism across the attack surface even as applications grow in complexity.
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A platform built for every stage of runtime security

Contrast Application Detection and Response (ADR) Protect applications and APIs from exploits and zero days.

Detect attacks on applications and APIs so security operations teams can respond before exploits occur.

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Contrast Application Security Testing (AST) Monitor code as it runs. Identify vulnerabilities instantly.

Prioritize and address risks with faster application and API vulnerability detection and fewer false positives.

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Contrast One™ Defend your applications and APIs with Contrast One.

Managed application and API security powered by the people who built it.

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