20 Years of Veracode: How Security Intelligence Is Shaping the Future of Software Security

Twenty years ago, continuously scanning software for vulnerabilities across thousands of applications seemed ambitious. Today, it is an essential component of every mature cybersecurity strategy.

As Veracode celebrates its 20th anniversary, the milestone represents more than longevity. It reflects two decades of helping organizations build secure software, reduce risk, and navigate an increasingly complex application security landscape.

For Softprom customers, this experience translates into access to one of the industry's most mature and data-driven application security platforms—designed to secure modern software development at enterprise scale.

Two Decades of Security Intelligence

Over the past 20 years, Veracode has accumulated one of the largest application security datasets in the industry:

• More than 47 million security scans performed
• Over 229 million vulnerabilities identified
• More than 148 million flaws successfully remediated

Every scan, vulnerability, and remediation effort contributes to a continuously evolving intelligence layer that enables organizations to move beyond simple vulnerability detection and toward intelligent risk management.

This vast security knowledge base helps organizations understand:

• Which vulnerabilities pose the highest risk
• Which issues require immediate remediation
• How vulnerabilities compare across industries and technologies
• Where security teams should focus limited resources for maximum impact

In an era of increasing software complexity, context is becoming just as important as detection.

The Challenge: Security Debt Continues to Grow

While software development continues to accelerate, remediation efforts are struggling to keep pace.

According to Veracode's latest State of Software Security research:

• 82% of organizations carry security debt
• 60% face critical security debt
• High-risk vulnerabilities increased by 36% year over year
• Nearly 80% of applications still contain security flaws

Third-party and open-source components remain one of the largest contributors to application risk. Vulnerabilities discovered in open-source dependencies often remain unresolved for extended periods, creating long-term exposure across software portfolios. At the same time, AI-assisted development is dramatically increasing software production speed.

The result is a growing challenge for organizations: How do you maintain trust in software when code is increasingly created by machines?

The Future of Software Security Is Built on Trust

Finding vulnerabilities has never been the most difficult part of application security.

The real challenge is understanding:

• Which vulnerabilities matter most
• How quickly they can be remediated
• Whether software entering production can truly be trusted
• How organizations can prove their security posture to customers, regulators, and stakeholders

As AI accelerates both software development and vulnerability discovery, organizations need more than scanning tools. They need continuous software assurance.

This is where Veracode's decades of security intelligence create significant value.

Rather than overwhelming security teams with thousands of alerts, Veracode provides context-driven analysis that helps prioritize real-world risk and accelerate remediation.

Preparing for the Next Era of Application Security

The future of software security will be defined by several key trends.

Security That Moves at Development Speed

Security can no longer slow down software delivery. Organizations need application security integrated directly into developer workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native environments. Automated testing and real-time feedback allow teams to identify and address vulnerabilities before they reach production.

Intelligence Over Volume

More scans do not automatically create better security outcomes. What matters is the quality of the intelligence behind those scans. Veracode's extensive security dataset helps organizations prioritize vulnerabilities based on actual risk, exploitability, and business impact.

Closing the Remediation Gap

Many organizations have become highly effective at identifying vulnerabilities but continue to struggle with remediation. AI-powered remediation recommendations, developer-centric workflows, and integrated security tooling help reduce security debt while maintaining development velocity.

Continuous Verification Across the Software Lifecycle

Modern applications consist of source code, open-source libraries, APIs, containers, cloud services, and AI-generated components. Organizations need continuous visibility and verification across every layer of the software supply chain—not just periodic snapshots.

Governance for AI-Assisted Development

AI coding assistants are rapidly becoming standard development tools. To manage associated risks, organizations must establish governance frameworks that define how AI-generated code is validated, tested, approved, and monitored before deployment.

Demonstrable Software Assurance

Regulators, customers, boards, and cyber insurers increasingly require evidence of software security. Organizations must be able to demonstrate compliance, code provenance, vulnerability management, and software integrity through auditable reporting and continuous verification.

What This Means for Security Leaders

Whether you are a developer, AppSec manager, DevSecOps leader, or CISO, the path forward is becoming clear:

• Use data-driven security insights
• Prioritize vulnerabilities based on risk
• Integrate security throughout the SDLC
• Secure AI-assisted development
• Build software trust through continuous verification

These capabilities are becoming essential for organizations seeking to reduce risk while maintaining innovation and development speed.

Building the Future of Software Security with Veracode and Softprom

The rapid adoption of AI and modern software development practices is reshaping the application security landscape.

Organizations that invest today in software trust, governance, and intelligent risk management will gain a significant competitive advantage in the years ahead.

With 20 years of application security expertise, Veracode continues to help organizations secure software at scale through advanced testing, software composition analysis, AI-assisted remediation, container security, and continuous risk management.

As an official Veracode distributor, Softprom helps organizations across Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia implement modern application security programs that support secure innovation, regulatory compliance, and long-term cyber resilience.

The future of software security is not simply about finding more vulnerabilities. It is about building and maintaining trust in the software that powers your business.