Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing
Vendors or products added in this year’s report may indicate a change in the market, change in evaluation criteria, or change of focus by the vendor.
Vendors or products dropped from one year to the next may indicate a change in the market, change in evaluation criteria, or change of focus by the vendor.
The AST market has undergone explosive growth with worldwide end-user spending reaching approximately $3.4 billion in 2022, a 27% jump from 2021. The market evolution is largely driven by the need to support enterprise DevSecOps and cloud-native application initiatives. 'Shift Left' has already been achieved with development teams now taking primary responsibility for application security. There is increasing experimentation with AI and chatbots for just-in-time remediation advice. Software supply chain security and SBOMs have become critical focus areas following the May 2021 U.S. Executive Order requiring software vendors to provide SBOMs. The vendor landscape remains dynamic with significant M&A activity including OpenText's acquisition of Micro Focus, Synopsys' acquisition of WhiteHat Security, and Snyk's acquisitions of Fugue and TopCoat.
A: We review and adjust our inclusion criteria for Magic Quadrants as markets change. As a result of these adjustments, the mix of vendors in any Magic Quadrant may change over time. A vendor's appearance in a Magic Quadrant one year and not the next does not necessarily indicate that we have changed our opinion of that vendor. It may be a reflection of a change in the market and, therefore, changed evaluation criteria, or of a change of focus by that vendor.