Latio 2026 Application Security Market Report recognizes Invicti as a leader and innovator

Analyst firm Latio has released its 2026 Application Security Market Report, which spells out a reality most application security teams are living every day: security tooling is no longer judged by how many findings it can generate, but by how it helps teams fix the right issues faster and with less friction. 

Invicti is proud to be recognized by Latio as a 2026 Application Security Testing Leader and 2026 DAST Innovator, being included in the category of comprehensive AppSec platforms with DAST support. Invicti’s zero-noise platform approach built around proof-based scanning and API-first testing and discovery aligns closely with the industry trends identified by Latio.

Read a full analysis of the Latio 2026 Application Security Market Report.

The AppSec market is shifting from more tools to better outcomes

The report sums up the broader market direction clearly:

“Application security has largely consolidated into platform players. The capability differences have more to do with user, integration, and developer experiences than pure scanning functionalities.”
— Latio 2026 Application Security Market Report, p. 3

The shift from adding tools and acronyms to looking for better outcomes is the core message of the report. Instead of treating security testing as a set of disconnected engines, modern application security programs are increasingly platform-driven and built not around tools but around the ways that tool findings are validated, routed, prioritized, measured, and remediated across teams and environments.

Latio’s evaluation lens will be familiar to anyone who has tried to operationalize AppSec at scale. The report argues that platform assessments increasingly come down to practical concerns such as usability for both security and development teams, the ability to reduce vulnerability backlogs, and actual time-to-fix versus raw vulnerability counts.

The same emphasis came up in Latio’s practitioner survey findings as well:

“The survey results are clear: practitioners are looking for tools that create the least friction with their development teams. Poor developer experiences and high false positive rates are what create friction with other teams, and are the top priorities teams have when assessing tools.”
— Latio 2026 Application Security Market Report, p. 6

The market is moving toward platforms that make AppSec operationally workable, not just technically possible.

Invicti’s spotlight and recognition in the Latio report

A key highlight for Invicti is Latio’s dedicated vendor spotlight, which describes how Invicti has expanded from its DAST roots into a broader application security platform strategy. Latio calls out Invicti’s DAST-first foundation while also emphasizing the platform capabilities that surround it, including orchestration, API coverage, and emerging AI-related testing needs:

“Today, Invicti provides a comprehensive set of dynamic testing features, alongside API and LLM discovery, LLM integration testing, and developer-oriented API testing and scanning.”
— Latio 2026 Application Security Market Report, p. 53

The report recommends the use of modern, API-driven DAST in today’s application environments. In that context, the Invicti spotlight positions dynamic testing as a strong validation layer, supported by platform workflows that help teams make results actionable.

Latio also highlights Invicti’s orchestration capabilities that allow teams to coordinate existing scanners, deploy open-source scanners, and run Invicti-supplied static and dynamic analysis tools across development environments. That approach aligns well with how most teams actually modernize: incrementally, without ripping out tools that already work, and without adding yet another silo.

Finally, Latio calls out Invicti’s AI-assisted testing, which is aimed at improving scan context and helping identify business logic issues with the stated goal of reducing false positives and improving scan quality. This is consistent with the report’s broader message on AI: interest in AI-assisted AppSec tools is rising, but value will be measured in pragmatic outcomes rather than hype.

See why the future of AppSec is platform-shaped

If you are evaluating application security tools in 2026, the Latio report is especially useful because it reframes the conversation around what matters most in real programs:

• Reducing noise so developers trust and act on findings
• Improving workflow integration so security fits into delivery
• Measuring progress in terms that matter, especially time to fix and backlog reduction
• Expanding coverage to match modern architectures, including APIs and emerging AI components

The Invicti offering is especially relevant in this context because it connects high-fidelity dynamic validation with platform workflows, orchestration, and API and LLM coverage – a combination that maps directly to the “outcomes over engines” market direction Latio has identified.

To see what the future of AppSec looks like, get the full Latio report and request a demo to see Invicti’s acclaimed application security platform in action in your environment.