# Increasing Agility & Flexibility: How Mercato Solutions tackles the application security vs. flexibility conundrum with Snyk

DevFeed: [Increasing Agility & Flexibility: How Mercato Solutions tackles the application security vs. flexibility conundrum with Snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/increasing-agility-flexibility-how-mercato-solutions-tackles-the-application-security-vs-flexibility-conundrum-with-snyk-7951.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://snyk.io/blog/how-mercato-solutions-tackles-appsec-flexibility-conundrum-with-Snyk/>)

Author: Nina McClure

Published: 2025-10-16T04:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [Application Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/application-security.md>), [Low code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/low-code.md>), [snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/snyk.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

Tags: [application-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/application-security.md>), [awareness](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/awareness.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [customer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/customer.md>), [devops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devops.md>), [low-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/low-code.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/snyk.md>), [snyk-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/snyk-platform.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

This customer article explains how Mercato Solutions, a low-code enterprise application provider, works with Snyk to address application security challenges while preserving the flexibility of its cloud-first platform. The article highlights the security risks of headless infrastructure, the resulting attack surface, and Mercato's goal of maintaining strong security with a small team.

## Source excerpt

Learn how Mercato Solutions, a fast-growing low-code application provider, achieved near-zero security incidents and maintained development flexibility by partnering with Snyk API & Web.