The role owns or governs the following application security capabilities:
* Secure software development lifecycle governance.
* Secure coding standards.
* Static application security testing.
* Software composition analysis.
* Dynamic application security testing.
* Interactive application security testing,
* Manual secure code review.
* Application penetration testing.
* API security testing.
* Cloud‑native and serverless application security.
* Container and application image security during build.
* Infrastructure‑as‑code security within application delivery pipelines.
* Secrets detection and prevention.
* Software supply‑chain security.
* SBOM generation and governance.
* Build provenance, artifact integrity and signing.
* Azure DevOps repository and pipeline security.
* Application security tool ownership and operation.
* Security Champions and developer enablement.
* Application security exception and risk‑acceptance processes.
* Application security metrics, reporting and assurance.
* Third‑party and externally developed software assurance.
* Security of AI‑enabled applications and AI‑generated code.
* Product security incident support and root‑cause analysis.
Explicit scope boundary: not enterprise vulnerability management
* Operating‑system vulnerability scanning.
* General infrastructure vulnerability scanning.
* Network‑device vulnerability management.
* Endpoint vulnerability management.
* Firmware vulnerability management.
* Enterprise patch management.
* Cloud‑host vulnerability remediation.
* Runtime host and virtual‑machine vulnerability management.
* General CSPM remediation ownership.
* SOC monitoring and incident queue management.
* Enterprise‑wide CVE reporting unrelated to applications.
* Infrastructure penetration testing.
The AppSec function nevertheless owns the management of security defects, including:
* Validation and triage of AppSec findings.
* Removal of false positives and duplicate findings.
* Assignment of findings to the correct engineering teams.
* Definition of application‑security remediation requirements.
* Verification that fixes are effective.
* Management of AppSec‑specific exceptions.
* Reporting on application‑security exposure.
* Escalation of overdue high‑risk application findings.
For containers, the function owns build‑time image and Dockerfile security. Runtime host, node and deployed‑container vulnerability management should remain with Cloud Security, Platform Security or Vulnerability Management, subject to a defined RACI.
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