CEO & Founder
Appfend
Appfend provides a cloud-based platform with hands-on labs and security knowledge guides to help developers build secure engineering skills. Its on-device AI suggests relevant training and guides based on the developer's current coding context, aiming to reduce vulnerability remediation costs and improve compliance.
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cybersecurity
- Developer Tools
- Software Only
Updated 6 months ago
Funding
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Product
Problem
Many software developers lack sufficient security training, leading to vulnerabilities in code that increase remediation costs and create compliance issues. Existing training resources are often scattered, inaccessible, and fail to keep pace with rapid development cycles. Traditional AI models may also perpetuate insecure coding practices due to a lack of secure code training data and contextual awareness.
Solution
Appfend provides a cloud-based platform designed to equip developers with practical security engineering skills through hands-on labs and security knowledge guides. The platform's on-device AI suggests relevant training and guides tailored to the developer's current coding context within their IDE. By providing contextual training and resources, Appfend aims to reduce the cost of fixing vulnerabilities and simplify compliance with various security standards. The platform also addresses the limitations of AI-assisted development by ensuring developers understand secure coding practices, even when using AI tools.
Target Audience
Appfend targets software developers and security professionals seeking to enhance their secure coding skills, as well as organizations aiming to improve their security posture and meet compliance requirements.
Features
- In-browser labs that emulate live development environments in the cloud
- Security guides that provide resources for referencing secure development practices, customizable to organizational needs
- Intelligent learning system that suggests contextual training and security knowledge guides based on code in the IDE
- Compliance support for security training requirements within multiple standards, including ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, NIST 800-53, HIPPA, and GDPR
- Support for training labs and security guides for general secure development, NodeJS, Java, and AWS, with continuous expansion of supported stacks
- Core engine that can be used to create custom training leveraging in-browser cloud labs