Apiiro has introduced its new Guardian Agent, an AI-powered application security (AppSec) agent that shifts the industry from traditional reactive detection models to a preventive approach that stops vulnerable and non-compliant code before it is ever generated. In the era of AI-native development, AI coding assistants can accelerate code delivery by 4× while expanding the application attack surface up to 10×, creating risks that traditional tools struggle to contain. Guardian Agent addresses this gap by operating directly within developers’ IDEs and CLI tools without plugins or interruptions, rewriting developer prompts into secure, contextualized prompts that adapt as software architecture, runtime environments, organizational policies, and regulatory requirements evolve, thereby preventing risk before code exists and enabling compliant code with zero vulnerabilities. Powered by Apiiro’s Deep Code Analysis (DCA) and leveraging a continuous Software Graph and Risk Graph, Guardian Agent acts as a continuous AppSec engineer throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC), reducing manual security training, ad-hoc threat modeling, release risk questionnaires, and costly post-development remediation cycles while increasing developer productivity and business growth.
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“Enterprises are flying blind as code velocity, attack surface expansion, and risk introduced by AI coding agents are growing far faster than humans and siloed scanners can handle,” said Idan Plotnik, CEO of Apiiro. “To stay in control, organizations must have real-time software inventory and move from detecting and prioritizing risk to preventing it – without adding more work for developers. With Guardian Agent, we’re defining the next era of application security, where prevention replaces alert fatigue, and security finally operates at the speed of AI.” By guarding AI coding agents in real time and eliminating fragmented scanners, static rules, and generic security training, Guardian Agent helps AppSec teams focus on strategic work, translates complex AppSec decisions into a unified control plane across ASPM, SAST, SCA, secrets, supply chain security, and more, and ultimately reduces operational costs and tool sprawl without adding headcount. Developed in partnership with Fortune 500 customers and available in private preview, the Guardian Agent represents a new standard in AppSec delivery that aligns security with business velocity in AI-driven software development.
