Revolutionizing Application Security: The Heeler Story

At Heeler, we’re not just building a product; we’re reshaping the future of application security. In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the traditional approach to security has reached its limits. As applications grow more complex and threats become more sophisticated, the need for a unified security approach that integrates code, runtime, and business context is more critical than ever.

September 10, 2024

At Heeler, we’re not just building a product; we’re reshaping the future of application security. In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the traditional approach to security has reached its limits. As applications grow more complex and threats become more sophisticated, the need for a unified security approach that integrates code, runtime, and business context is more critical than ever.

Enter Heeler. Our platform is designed to unify the disparate elements of application security into a single, seamless framework. With our patent-pending ProductDNA technology, we’re providing a groundbreaking real-time data model that closes the gap between development and security teams. For the first time, developers can map service architectures, understand dependencies, and correlate code changes with runtime environments—all in real time.

This integration enables precise prioritization of vulnerabilities, continuous threat modeling, and real-time developer guidance, ensuring that security is baked into the software development lifecycle from day one. The result?

Developers are empowered to proactively address security challenges without disrupting their workflow, significantly reducing security debt and preventing issues before they become critical.

But we’re not stopping there. The future of application security lies in automation and AI. Heeler’s approach treats application security as a data science problem, leveraging real-time, comprehensive data to drive smarter, more proactive security strategies. By automating routine tasks like context gathering, impact analysis, and threat modeling, we’re enabling teams to focus on what really matters—building resilient, secure software that can withstand the threats of today and tomorrow.

At Heeler, we’re excited about the opportunity to help drive this transformation. Our mission is to make security a proactive, integral part of the development process, amplifying the impact developers can have on security—increasing it tenfold. As we continue to innovate, we invite you to join us in redefining what it means to build secure applications. Drop us a line if you'd like to learn more. James Green, Trever McKee, Chris DeRamus and I are excited to help drive the future of application security together with you.

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Unifying Threat Modeling, Lifecycle Management, and Response Orchestration: How Heeler Redefines Application Security

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