Helios
Helios provides runtime application security posture management (ASPM) technology that gives security teams a real-world view of application risk by analyzing live, running applications rather than just source code. The platform discovers software assets across the supply chain, identifies coverage gaps, and prioritizes vulnerabilities based on actual business risk. Helios was acquired by Snyk, and its runtime data and insights are being integrated into Snyk's platform to enhance application security capabilities.
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cybersecurity
- Developer Tools
- Software Only
Funding
Founders
Product
Problem
Traditional application security testing tools like SCA and SAST analyze source code during development and build time, providing only a partial view of overall risk. These static approaches miss critical factors that emerge at runtime, such as external configuration influences, unused code lingering in repositories or images, and how components are actually utilized in production environments. This incomplete picture leads to high signal-to-noise ratios and makes it difficult for security teams to prioritize vulnerabilities that genuinely pose a threat.
Solution
Helios provides runtime application security posture management (ASPM) technology that analyzes applications in their live, operational state to deliver a definitive source for assessing application risk. By capturing runtime context, Helios enables security teams to discover all software assets involved in building and deploying applications, identify coverage gaps, and understand whether vulnerable packages are actually deployed and loaded or if services are publicly exposed. The platform integrates runtime data and insights into Snyk's evidence graphs, helping customers pinpoint the issues posing the greatest threat and prioritize remediation efforts based on actual business risk. This holistic view fosters tighter collaboration between developers, security, and operations teams as they build secure applications.
Target Audience
Primary customers are application security (AppSec) teams, security operations teams, and developers within enterprises that need a comprehensive, runtime-informed view of application risk across complex software supply chains.
Features
- Runtime context analysis that captures how applications actually behave in production environments, going beyond static source code blueprints
- Software asset discovery across the entire supply chain, from code to cloud, enabling identification of coverage gaps
- Integration with Snyk's evidence graphs to enhance understanding of application risk with additional runtime risk factors
- Capability to answer key questions such as whether a vulnerable package is deployed and loaded, or whether a service is publicly accessible
- Prioritization engine that uses holistic application context to reduce signal-to-noise ratio and focus on vulnerabilities that genuinely threaten the business