# Best practices for continuous vulnerability management

DevFeed: [Best practices for continuous vulnerability management](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/best-practices-for-continuous-vulnerability-management-7842.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://snyk.io/blog/best-practices-continuous-vulnerability-management/>)

Author: Liran Tal

Published: 2024-10-29T05:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog RSS Feed | Snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-rss-feed-snyk.md>)

Topics: [vulnerability management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerability-management.md>), [Application Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/application-security.md>), [supply-chain-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/supply-chain-security.md>), [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>), [DevSecOps](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/devsecops.md>), [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>), [snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/snyk.md>), [developer tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-tooling.md>), [npm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/npm.md>)

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## AI overview

This article presents continuous vulnerability management as essential for addressing risks from open-source dependencies, supply chain incidents, AI-generated code, and emerging cybersecurity threats. It recommends building a proactive security culture, integrating security throughout the software development lifecycle, providing ongoing training and awareness, and automating security workflows across DevOps and DevSecOps teams. It also advocates shift-left security through tools such as Snyk Code in IDEs including Visual Studio Code and Pycharm.

## Source excerpt

By integrating security practices into the development lifecycle, providing continuous education and training, and automating security workflows, organizations can effectively mitigate risks from open-source supply chain incidents, AI-generated code, and emerging threats. Snyk provides the tools and resources to establish a proactive security culture and ensure application security.