IDC® MarketScape for ASPM Recognizes ArmorCode as a Leader
Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) has evolved from an emerging concept to a mature, essential category, and we believe the latest IDC® MarketScape report proves it. As someone who’s spent three decades navigating the evolution of cybersecurity, I’ve seen ASPM grow into a critical discipline that enterprises can no longer ignore.
The market’s rapid adoption is fueled by the explosion of AI-generated code and accelerated application development. Development teams are shipping faster than ever, but this velocity brings exponentially more security findings, increased complexity, and an urgent need for centralized governance.
For large, complex enterprises managing thousands of applications, the pain is especially acute. Security teams are drowning in alerts from disconnected tools, struggling to prioritize remediation, and watching critical vulnerabilities slip through the cracks. This is exactly why their analysis on ASPM arrives at the perfect time, offering much-needed clarity.
ASPM: A Noisy Market
The ASPM market has been a cacophony of vendors, each claiming to define what ASPM “should be” but enterprises need clarity, not confusion. The IDC MarketScape represents meticulous research, evaluating vendors across a comprehensive framework that measures both current capabilities and strategic vision.
“As AI accelerates software development, the amount of code and vulnerabilities continues to grow, making the use of security tools to safeguard code more important than ever,” said Katie Norton, Research Manager, DevSecOps and Software Supply Chain Security, at IDC. “Centralized governance is essential to unify fragmented signals and keep risks within the bounds of what security teams can realistically manage. ArmorCode helps enterprises achieve this by providing the visibility and control needed to manage risk at scale.”
Key Findings from IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) 2025 Vendor Assessment
Katie’s research is extensive, and she evaluated vendors across two critical dimensions:
- Capabilities (Y-axis): Reflects current capabilities and service offerings, and how well these align with customer needs today
- Strategies (X-axis): Indicates how well each vendor’s future strategy aligns with what customers will require in three to five years
This dual-axis approach ensures vendors are evaluated not just on what they deliver today, but on their vision and ability to evolve with the rapidly changing application security landscape.
ArmorCode is named as a Leader in the ASPM market.
The report recognized ArmorCode for the following strengths:
- Extensive and adaptable ingestion capabilities: ArmorCode provides a broad and extensible ingestion framework, with over 320 native integrations spanning application, infrastructure, and cloud security tools. The platform supports both structured scanner outputs and unstructured inputs such as penetration test reports. As one customer noted, “ArmorCode covered most of our tools out of the box,” referring to an environment with thousands of developers, multiple programming languages, and a diverse mix of security and DevOps tools.
- High-volume data ingestion supports scalable AI capabilities: ArmorCode has processed over 40 billion security findings across application, cloud, and infrastructure sources. This scale underpins its ability to deduplicate and group findings, identify root causes, assign contextual risk scores, and generate remediation guidance. These capabilities are further enhanced by Anya, which enables users to query insights and initiate actions through conversational interaction.
- Strong customer support and success engagement: ArmorCode offers a structured, responsive customer success program that includes a dedicated Customer Success Manager for every account, virtual training through ArmorCode University, and optional 24 x 7 support via the Premium Success tier. Customers benefit from direct communication channels, including private Slack workspaces and scheduled business reviews. The company also operates a formal Customer Advisory Board to capture strategic and technical input. One customer described the support team as “as hardworking as any customer success team I’ve ever seen,” citing responsiveness and follow-through.
The research revealed what we’ve observed from day one: the ASPM market has crystallized into three distinct camps. On one side are scanners trying to be ASPM – traditional security scanning vendors attempting to expand beyond their core competency into orchestration and governance. Another camp consists of CNAPP platform vendors extending their cloud security capabilities into application security posture management. On the third side are independent governance platforms that focus on unifying and managing risk across existing security investments.
We feel that their recognition of these distinct approaches validates our strong belief that true ASPM must be independent.
We believe both scanner-centric and CNAPP-centric solutions create fundamental limitations. When these vendors try to become ASPM platforms, there may be vendor bias toward their own tools over others in your security stack. This creates vendor lock-in, limits your ability to adopt best-of-breed solutions, and forces you to make technology decisions based on a vendor’s existing capabilities rather than unbiased governance excellence. You’re also stuck with whatever integrations they choose to build and maintain – often favoring partnerships that benefit their business model rather than your security outcomes.
Why Independence Isn’t Just Philosophy – It’s Strategy
Some ask, ‘Wouldn’t one vendor be simpler?’ Here’s the reality: single-vendor simplicity is a myth. You’re trading procurement simplicity for operational complexity—inheriting their technical debt, integration priorities, and innovation limitations. What happens when their scanner misses vulnerabilities a specialized tool would catch? Or when they’re slow to support your new development framework? True simplicity isn’t one vendor, it’s one unified view of risk with the flexibility to use best-of-breed tools. That’s what independent governance delivers.
Here’s what 30 years in this industry has taught me: the moment you tie your security orchestration to a specific vendor’s scanning technology, you’ve limited your organization’s ability to adapt, scale, and optimize.
Think about your current security stack. You probably have best-of-breed scanners for different use cases. Each tool excels in its domain, and you’ve invested significant time and budget in building this ecosystem.
Now, imagine being forced to rip out these investments just to get a scanner-centric ASPM platform – and it’s exactly why ArmorCode took a different path.
Our independent governance platform doesn’t compete with your existing tools; it amplifies them. With over 320 native integrations spanning application, infrastructure, and cloud security tools, we’ve processed more than 40 billion security findings across diverse environments. This isn’t just about data ingestion – it’s about creating intelligence from your entire security ecosystem.
What does independent governance look like in practice? Consider a recent customer deployment: a global enterprise with thousands of developers, multiple programming languages, and a diverse security stack. Within hours of deployment, they had unified visibility across their entire application portfolio. Within days, they were prioritizing remediation based on business context rather than scanner noise.
This isn’t theoretical – it’s the reality of choosing an independent ASPM approach. You keep your best-of-breed tools while gaining centralized risk governance, accelerated remediation workflows, and the flexibility to evolve your security strategy as threats and technologies change.
ArmorCode Is Named a Leader
We feel being named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for ASPM validates ArmorCode’s strategic vision:
Anya, the AI assistant, understands the security context. In April 2025, we introduced Anya, our generative AI assistant that serves as a conversational interface for security insights. Unlike generic AI tools, Anya understands security context, adapts to user roles, and maintains strict tenant isolation. She delivers real-time code repo intelligence to accelerate remediation for users. Teams get faster vulnerability prioritization, targeted fix recommendations, and actionable guidance, cutting MTTR and boosting developer productivity. A developer can ask, ‘What’s our highest vulnerability risk in production?’ and get not just the answer, but the business impact, affected services, and code-specific remediation steps—all in seconds.
Scale that enables true AI capabilities. Processing 40 billion security findings isn’t just a number; it’s the foundation that enables our AI to deduplicate findings, identify root causes, assign contextual risk scores, and generate meaningful remediation guidance. This scale advantage directly translates to better outcomes for our customers.
Vendor-neutral integration excellence. Our customers consistently tell us, “ArmorCode covered most of our tools out of the box.” In environments with thousands of developers and complex tool chains, this 320+ integration and rapid onboarding isn’t just convenient – it’s early time-to-value.
Beyond ASPM. Our platform extends beyond traditional ASPM to support unified vulnerability management, enabling organizations to prioritize and manage infrastructure, cloud, container, and application risks through a unified interface. We’ve also introduced comprehensive software supply chain security capabilities, including SBOM generation and management, CI/CD posture management, and support for alignment with emerging regulatory requirements such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).
Looking Forward: Your 2025 Security Strategy
We believe this IDC MarketScape signals a fundamental shift—the market has moved beyond the scanner wars toward strategic, governance-focused solutions. To us this is validation coming at a critical moment for security leaders planning their 2025 initiatives.
As AI transforms both development velocity and threat sophistication, the winners won’t be those with the most scanners, but those with the most intelligent orchestration. Consider three strategic imperatives for the year ahead:
- Scale for AI acceleration: With AI-generated code exploding 10x in the past year, you need governance that handles exponential growth in findings without exponential growth in headcount. Independent ASPM provides this leverage – one enterprise CISO recently achieved 3x improvement in remediation velocity without adding a single new scanner.
- Regulatory readiness: The EU CRA, SEC disclosure rules, and emerging AI frameworks demand continuous compliance posture. Unified platforms deliver real-time compliance dashboards, not quarterly scrambles. Can you demonstrate compliance across your entire application portfolio today?
- Developer experience metrics: Success in 2025 isn’t just vulnerabilities fixed – it’s developer satisfaction and MTTR. When security becomes frictionless through independent governance, it becomes effective. Measure your program’s health by how eagerly developers adopt your security workflows.
Independent governance isn’t just winning today; it’s the architectural foundation that enables organizations to adapt as new tools, threats, and regulations emerge. While scanner-centric vendors lock you into their innovation timeline, independent platforms let you adopt best-of-breed solutions as the landscape evolves.
The question for security leaders is simple: Will you own your security strategy, or will a vendor own you?
Take Action
You can check out our recent press release on ArmorCode’s recognition as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for ASPM, and get your own copy of the MarketScape excerpt on ASPM.
You can also join ArmorCode in an upcoming fireside chat with our own Chief Product Officer, Mark Lambert, and special guest Katie Norton, Research Manager, DevSecOps and Software Supply Chain Security, at IDC. Together they’ll discuss how AI is fundamentally transforming application security strategies, budgets, and vendor selection criteria for 2025 and beyond.
Want to experience the ArmorCode difference firsthand? Request a personalized demo of how our independent ASPM Platform can unify your security ecosystem and accelerate your remediation workflows.
