# Why "vulnerability management" falls short in modern application security

DevFeed: [Why "vulnerability management" falls short in modern application security](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-vulnerability-management-falls-short-in-modern-application-security-8252.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://snyk.io/blog/why-vulnerability-management-falls-short-in-appsec/>)

Author: Daniel Berman

Published: 2024-06-13T05:00:00Z

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>), [vulnerability management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerability-management.md>), [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

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## AI overview

This blog article explains why vulnerability-management approaches can fall short for modern application security. It describes AppSec challenges involving software complexity, cyber threats, regulatory requirements, collaboration, prioritization, and application visibility. It presents ASPM and related approaches as unified views that aggregate security issues and support automation, while highlighting concerns about insufficient application context and scalability.

## Source excerpt

In this blog post, we discuss the how "vulnerability management" tends to fall short when approaching modern application security.