Contrast Security has been named a Runtime Innovator in the Latio 2026 Application Security Market Report for runtime protection excellence. The Latio report identifies vendors offering real-time threat detection and the fastest response to active application attacks. Latency in development, AI acceleration, and rising exploit risk are challenging traditional application security approaches today.
Runtime as the Source of Truth
James Berthoty, Founder and Analyst at Latio, said runtime now defines true exploitability and defense in modern AppSec. “Runtime has become the source of truth for exploitability and protection in modern application security,” said James Berthoty, Founder and Analyst at Latio. “Vendors recognized as Runtime Innovators demonstrate meaningful capabilities in real-time detection, reachability, and application-layer protection.”
Berthoty recognized Contrast for its deep instrumentation, reachability, and real-time application attack blocking.
Contrast ADR Platform Capabilities
Contrast’s Application Detection and Response (ADR) platform helps teams detect attacks inside running applications almost instantly. The platform confirms exploitability through function-level reachability in production environments, improving security prioritization and accuracy. It correlates runtime attack telemetry, vulnerabilities, and cloud context using the Contrast Graph model. Contrast ADR also tangibly reduces false positives and vulnerability backlogs for security teams. And it provides developers with precise, context-aware guidance to remediate risks swiftly and accurately.
Leadership Response and Market Validation
Jeff Williams, Founder of Contrast Security, said traditional scanners create noise while runtime visibility stops real attacks.
“Application security teams are overwhelmed by scanner noise and growing attack surfaces,” said Jeff Williams, Founder of Contrast Security. “Runtime is where truth lives. Being named a Runtime Innovator validates our belief that security must not only detect risk but stop attacks inside the application, in production, where they actually occur.”
His comments validate Contrast’s focus on runtime-based AppSec instead of rule-based perimeter defense alone.
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Source: Businesswire
