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Instrumentation expertise to serverless applications | Contrast Security

    
Instrumentation expertise to serverless applications | Contrast Security

Contrast extends instrumentation expertise to serverless applications.

Instrumenting applications to uncover security issues is in the Contrast DNA; it’s the company raison d'être. Contrast Serverless is a pioneer and leader in AWS Lambda and functions application security. Today, Contrast is pleased to bring instrumentation to serverless applications. The company is doubling down on serverless application security and further distancing itself from other vendors. No other offering provides the depth and breadth of serverless security that Contrast Security delivers.  

Dynamic instrumented analysis enables Contrast Serverless to uncover exploitable Functions, such as vulnerabilities around injections, cross-site scripting, and path traversal, across the entire AWS Lambda account. It also enhances observability for improved threat intelligence by expanding coverage to unused functions and supporting new AWS features such as step functions.

Contrast Serverless supports a variety of vulnerability detection techniques, including static analysis, least privilege violations, and CVEs. With the introduction of instrumentation to all AWS Lambda functions in the account, the solution can now detect more function exploits more accurately. Instrumenting AWS Lambda functions increases accuracy of security risk scores by checking for and identifying OWASP Top 10 exploits. Controlled dynamic attacks will find exploitable functions due to injection vulnerabilities or cross-site scripting.

In addition, improved observability increases security coverage in AWS Lambda accounts by uncovering all serverless account assets. Possible attack paths are tracked, and findings can be shared with internal threat intelligence teams.

What’s covered in this new release?

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With the addition of dynamic instrumented analysis, Contrast Serverless is taking serverless application security to the next level. Contrast Security's continued focus on instrumenting applications to uncover security issues is a testament to its commitment to providing customers with the best possible security solutions. We encourage you to take a look today.

Blake Connell, Director, Product Marketing, Contrast Security

Blake Connell, Director, Product Marketing, Contrast Security

An experienced enterprise software product marketer, Blake’s work spans many areas including developer platforms, cloud infrastructure, and advanced security analytics. Blake helps drive customer success by ensuring products get successfully delivered into the marketplace that yield immediate benefit. Currently, Blake is focused on Contrast Protect, which provides application runtime protection and observability.