22 posts tagged with "Developer Experience"

Release date: October 23rd, 2026

Key Benefits​

• AI Pentest Assisted;
• SSL Certificate Automation with ACME;
• More Flexible Security Gate Policies;
• Azure DevOps Service Principal Authentication;
• Access Control and Default Profiles;
• Trust Center Administration;
• DAST Configuration;
• Integrations and Scan Management;

Introduction​

Release 4.27 expands control over application security workflows, access governance, and integrations. It introduces AI Pentest Assisted, improves certificate automation and Security Gate configuration, and brings a more flexible experience to Trust Center and DAST management.

Release date: August 28th, 2026

Key Benefits​

• A Major Release for Security Operations;
• SSL Certificate Management;
• Tag-Driven Risk Score Policies;
• Pull Request Scans and Security Gate;
• GitLab, Bitbucket, and Developer Ecosystem Integrations;
• Practical API Documentation by Language;
• SBOM Visibility;
• AI Pentest Evolution;
• Advanced Vulnerability Filters;
• A New List, Filter, and Navigation Experience;
• Asset and FQDN Management Improvements;

Introduction​

Release 4.26 is an important Conviso Platform release. It brings together a broad set of capabilities delivered over an extended period, with a shared goal: helping security and development teams make faster, more confident decisions from a single AppSec platform.

This release expands security operations across the full workflow—from repository and pull request scanning to remediation, risk management, SBOM analysis, AI-assisted pentesting, and developer tooling. It also delivers a more consistent experience across the Platform's main lists, filters, and navigation.

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Highlights

A Major Release for Security Operations​

• Strengthens the connection between security findings, source-code workflows, and developer tools.
• Expands risk management with tag-driven policies and more granular Auto-Fix controls.
• Improves visibility into pull request scans, Security Gate verdicts, SBOMs, and AI Pentest executions.
• Unifies the Platform experience with modern filters, clearer navigation, and more consistent list actions.

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New Feature

SSL Certificate Management​

• Introduced a dedicated SSL Certificate module for managing certificate operations in the Platform.
• Supports SSL credit purchase flows and access controls aligned with user profiles.
• Gives teams a centralized place to manage certificate-related activities alongside their AppSec operations.

Learn more in the SSL Certificates documentation.

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New Feature

Tag-Driven Risk Score Policies​

• Create Risk Score Policies that automatically apply risk parameters to assets based on their tags.
• Policies can define Business Impact, Attack Surface, and Data Classification while preserving asset values that are not configured by the policy.
• Supports policy activation, editing, deletion, and bulk asset tagging.
• When an asset matches more than one policy, the user can select the applicable policy and persist that choice on the asset.

Learn more in the Risk Score documentation.

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New Feature

Pull Request Scans and Security Gate​

• Added a Pull Requests view for repository assets, with search, filters, run details, branches, commits, duration, and finding summaries.
• Pull Request Scan runs now show their Security Gate outcome directly in the workflow.
• Security Gate policies can evaluate only vulnerabilities introduced by a pull request or include pre-existing vulnerabilities from the target branch.
• Improved Security Gate visibility with scan-to-gate links, severity-level verdict details, scan filters, and results on the asset view.
• Security Gate surfaces are now aligned with the company's contracted plan.

Learn more in the Pull Request Scans documentation and Security Gate documentation.

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New Feature

GitLab, Bitbucket, and Developer Ecosystem Integrations​

• Added complete GitLab and Bitbucket repository integration flows, including OAuth connection, scope and repository selection, project import, and configuration in the Platform.
• Azure DevOps, GitLab, and Bitbucket integrations now provide repository scan visibility.
• The Conviso AST task is available in the Visual Studio Marketplace for Azure DevOps pipelines. Learn more in the Azure Pipelines documentation.
• The Conviso GitHub Sync Task is available in GitHub Marketplace to import and synchronize assets from external scanners. Learn more in the GitHub Actions documentation.
• Conviso plugins for Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, and IntelliJ IDEs bring platform capabilities into the development environment, including AI-assisted security guidance, vulnerability remediation support, secure-code suggestions, and access to security requirements without leaving the IDE.

Learn more in the GitLab Repositories documentation and Bitbucket documentation.

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Improvements

Practical API Documentation by Language​

• Improved the GraphQL API documentation with practical, operation-level examples.
• Examples are available in multiple programming languages, making it easier for development teams to understand request structure, context, identifiers, and expected usage.
• Reduces the effort required to integrate Conviso Platform capabilities into internal tools, automations, and development workflows.

Learn more in the GraphQL API context and identifiers documentation.

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New Feature

SBOM Visibility​

• Introduced an improved SBOM visualization experience for clearer component and vulnerability analysis.
• Helps development and security teams understand the software inventory behind a finding and remediate with greater confidence, speed, and precision.

Learn more in the SBOM Management documentation.

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New Feature

AI Pentest Evolution​

• AI Pentest is now organized around reusable artifacts that centralize scope, authentication, documentation, scheduling, and execution settings.
• Added credit-based assessment settings, allowing teams to estimate the credits required for each assessment according to size and depth.
• Added a retest flow for completed AI Pentest projects, with progress and completion feedback in the project view.
• Added guidance to allow traffic from the AI Pentest Agent when configuring a target.

Learn more in the AI Pentest documentation.

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Improvements

Advanced Vulnerability Filters​

• Added an advanced query builder for Assets and Vulnerabilities, supporting logical AND and OR groups.
• Redesigned the Vulnerabilities filtering experience with quick presets, a filter dropdown, and a side panel for reviewing and applying complex criteria.
• Added support for filtering Vulnerabilities by multiple branches at once.
• Improved filter state, URL persistence, and bulk actions, making investigation and remediation workflows more efficient.

Learn more in the Vulnerability Management documentation.

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Improvements

A New List, Filter, and Navigation Experience​

• Modernized the filtering experience across Vulnerabilities, Assets, Projects, Scans, Security Gate, Applications, and Threat Modeling artifacts.
• Search and filters now live in the table toolbar, with grouped fields, active-filter indicators, quick presets, and side panels where applicable.
• Reorganized bulk actions, column settings, and exports to keep list actions close to the data they affect.
• Improved side-menu flyout navigation so submenus remain open while users move the pointer toward them, preventing accidental closures.
• Enhanced multi-select controls with clearer search behavior, loading feedback, and compact handling for long selections.

Learn more in the Asset Management documentation and Vulnerabilities documentation.

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Improvements

Asset and FQDN Management Improvements​

• Improved FQDN creation and editing with the full asset form, including required domain URLs, classifications, teams, and tags.
• Expanded Auto-Fix configuration so policies can be tailored by asset and vulnerability severity.
• Improved asset management flows with clearer forms and more consistent routing between repository and domain experiences.

Learn more in the Asset Management documentation.

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Refactored the AI Pentest creation screen for a clearer, more guided setup experience.

• Reorganized the form so configuring a new AI Pentest is more intuitive.
• A smoother setup flow that makes it easier to launch well-scoped autonomous tests.

👉 Access the Conviso Docs to experience these updates.

Improved the Security Gate response to give you more visibility into why a build was blocked.

• The Security Gate now reports how many and which vulnerabilities triggered the block.
• Available in the API endpoint response and in the ConvisoAST output, so this detail is delivered straight into your pipeline.
• Faster triage and remediation, with clear, actionable feedback at the moment the gate fails.

👉 Access the Conviso Docs to experience these updates.

Introduced a new Tickets module, bringing support requests directly into the Conviso Platform.

• Open and track support tickets without leaving the platform, no need to switch to email or external channels.
• Centralized history: all your support interactions live in one place.
• A more fluid, transparent support experience, fully integrated into your application security workflow.

Redesigned the manual vulnerability registration flow for simplicity and better usability.

• Creating a vulnerability manually is now much simpler, with the full process on a single page.
• The same usability improvements apply to editing, making it easier to update details such as a vulnerability's severity.
• A meaningful UI/UX optimization for anyone who registers vulnerabilities at scale.

Performed a complete refactor of our technical documentation, making it more intuitive and better aligned with the platform's processes and offerings.

• Reorganized content and navigation for an easier reading experience.
• Updated a large amount of content, addressing multiple support tickets and update requests.

👉 Access the Conviso Docs to experience these updates.

Improved the integration between Platform Project Requirements and Jira.

• More seamless flow of security requirements into the developer's native backlog.
• UI improvements for integration consistency, syncing project requirements and activities with Jira.
• Ensures "Secure by Design" principles become actionable tasks rather than static documentation.

Release date: April 20th, 2026

Key Benefits​

• AI Pentest Policy;
• Asset Filter Standardization;
• Projects and Jira Integration;

Introduction​

Release 4.25 improved the governance of automated testing, the consistency of DAST data, and the connection between security projects and engineering backlogs.

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New Feature

AI Pentest Policy​

• Added policies for automated AI Pentest execution, including safety request limits and custom scheduling.
• Gives teams more control over how offensive testing is executed across their assets.

Learn more in the AI Pentest documentation.

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Improvements

Asset Filter Standardization​

• Standardized Conviso DAST as a scanner source in filters and metrics.
• Improves consistency between scan coverage, dashboards, and asset filtering.

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Improvements

Projects and Jira Integration​

• Improved the flow between Platform project requirements, activities, and Jira.
• Helps turn Secure by Design requirements into actionable engineering backlog items.

Release date: April 6th, 2026

Key Benefits​

• AI Autonomous Pentest;
• Conviso MCP Server;
• Full-Snapshot DAST Reporting;

Introduction​

Release 4.24 expanded autonomous security operations, AI ecosystem connectivity, and the completeness of DAST reporting.

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New Feature

AI Autonomous Pentest​

• Introduced an autonomous offensive-security engine that orchestrates tools and validates attack paths.
• Added attack-chain visualization to provide transparency from reconnaissance through exploit validation.

Learn more in the AI Pentest documentation.

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New Feature

Conviso MCP Server​

• Made the Conviso MCP Server available for secure AI-assisted access to Platform context.
• Enables approved AI tools to use vulnerability, asset, and project context in remediation and review workflows.

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Improvements

Full-Snapshot DAST Reporting​

• Changed DAST reports from a delta-only view to a full snapshot of the application's security posture for each execution.
• Provides an auditable, self-contained record of vulnerabilities identified at scan time.

Custom Project Requirements lets teams tailor security activities within each project without affecting global organization templates.

• Customize Activities: edit descriptions and steps of an activity to match the project's tech stack.
• Refine the Scope: ensure stakeholders only see activities relevant to their specific project.
• Preserve Templates: all changes are local to the project, keeping organizational "Golden Templates" consistent.

Release date: March 12th, 2026

Key Benefits​

• Custom Project Requirements;
• Enhanced Data Classification;

Introduction​

Release 4.22 delivered more flexibility for project-level security work and more precise risk intelligence for assets.

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New Feature

Custom Project Requirements​

• Allows teams to tailor activities and descriptions within a project without changing the organization-wide template.
• Keeps governance templates consistent while making project backlogs relevant to each technical context.

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Improvements

Enhanced Data Classification​

• Expanded Asset data-classification tiers from Public to Critical.
• Uses data sensitivity to improve risk prioritization for affected assets and vulnerabilities.

Learn more in the Risk Score documentation.

Release date: March 9th, 2026

Key Benefits​

• Security Gate in the Platform;
• Dark Mode;
• Activity Evidence Navigation;

Introduction​

Release 4.21 focused on visibility, usability, and governance across security workflows.

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New Feature

Security Gate in the Platform​

• Made Security Gate configuration and monitoring available directly in the Platform.
• Supports global and asset-specific policies, severity thresholds, remediation time limits, and multiple vulnerability sources.
• Improves visibility into gate outcomes and the conditions that block a pipeline.

Learn more in the Security Gate documentation.

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Improvements

Dark Mode​

• Added Dark Mode across the Platform for a more comfortable, consistent experience during extended use.

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Improvements

Activity Evidence Navigation​

• Simplified access to screenshots, documents, and other evidence attached to activity records.
• Reduces friction during validation, remediation, and compliance review workflows.

The Conviso Platform now supports Dark Mode across the interface.

• Reduces eye strain and improves visual comfort during extended usage.
• Implemented consistently across dashboards, assets, and vulnerability views, with no functional changes to existing workflows.

Security Gate configuration and monitoring are now available directly inside the Conviso Platform interface, without relying on CLI configuration.

• Configure Security Gates directly within the CI/CD section of assets.
• Support for multiple vulnerability sources (Conviso AST, Dependency Track, Fortify, SonarQube, SonarCloud, Checkmarx, GitHub, Snyk, Veracode, and MobSF).
• Define severity thresholds per source and optional maximum days to remediate.
• Support for asset-specific policies that override global company rules.

Learn more in the Security Gate documentation.

Improved technical documentation structure and discoverability.

• More organized content and a friendlier navigation experience.
• Improved context-based documentation search.
• Updated vulnerability template references to align with modern OWASP projects and updated databases.

Added support for automatically running Conviso AST on open Pull Requests.

• Security feedback is produced directly in GitHub through checks and annotations.
• Enables a true shift-left workflow by detecting issues while code is being reviewed, without requiring additional configuration.

Enhanced CLI experience with new capabilities aimed at operational workflows.

• Added a new sub-command to list project requirements.
• Improved packaging and consistency for AST distribution.
• Strengthens automation workflows and enables scalable operational usage by AppSec teams.

Release date: February 2026

Key Benefits​

• ServiceNow Integration;
• Security Gate and GitHub Pull Request Scanning;
• Continuous SBOM Monitoring;
• DAST and AI Agent Improvements;
• Vulnerability Management and Platform Reliability;

Introduction​

Release 4.20 strengthened Conviso Platform as a unified AppSec hub, expanding enterprise integrations, developer workflows, security monitoring, and supply-chain visibility.

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New Feature

ServiceNow Integration​

• Added native ServiceNow ITSM integration to create and update incidents from Conviso findings.
• Helps security and engineering teams operationalize remediation through established ITSM workflows.

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New Feature

Security Gate and GitHub Pull Request Scanning​

• Introduced an in-platform Security Gate experience for monitoring and managing gate runs.
• Added Conviso AST checks and annotations for open GitHub pull requests, moving security feedback earlier into code review.

Learn more in the Security Gate documentation and GitHub Pull Request Scans documentation.

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New Feature

Continuous SBOM Monitoring​

• Introduced SBOM correlation to improve consistency between Conviso AST and Platform monitoring.
• Expanded advisory coverage and reduced inconsistent finding lifecycle changes.

Learn more in the SBOM documentation.

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Improvements

DAST and AI Agent Improvements​

• Expanded DAST API support for Swagger, GraphQL, and SOAP scenarios.
• Added Auto-Fix capabilities, DAST false-positive review support, and chat usability improvements for AI Agents.

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Improvements

Vulnerability Management and Platform Reliability​

• Added bulk actions and improved filtering and navigation in vulnerability workflows.
• Improved scan lifecycle robustness, dashboard reliability, observability, and defect-tracker synchronization visibility.

👉 Access the Conviso Platform to explore these updates.

Improved the requirements and project workflows.

• Introduced Project Templates, enabling standardized project creation at scale.
• Added filter by Activity in project requirements, improving navigation and prioritization.
• Improved the requirements table to support searching by activity name.

New Security Gate experience in the platform to monitor and manage gate runs.

• Centralizes visibility into Security Gate executions under CI/CD > Security Gate.
• Helps teams standardize quality gates and governance across development pipelines.

Release date: October 24th, 2025

Key Benefits​

• Threat Modeling Agent (AI-Powered);
• Performance Optimization;
• Enhanced PDF Reports;
• Executive Reports;
• Multilingual Platform & Reports;
• AI Agent – Contextual Fix Suggestions;
• AI Agent – Vulnerability Lookup by ID;
• Retest Project Improvements;
• Filter System Redesign;
• DAST – False Positive Reduction (ML-Based);

Introduction​

This release brings multiple AI-powered capabilities, language flexibility, and major usability upgrades.
Highlights include multilingual reports, contextual AI fixes, enhanced retest workflows, and expanded threat modeling intelligence.
These updates aim to make the Conviso Platform faster, more intuitive, and even more powerful for global security teams.

New Feature

Threat Modeling Agent (AI-Powered)​

• New AI-driven threat modeling agent available in the Threat Modeling module.
• The AI agent supports this input formats for modeling:
  • Images: PNG, JPEG, and PDF architectural diagrams.
  • User Stories: Markdown (.md) or plain text (.txt) files.
• Automatically recognizes and models assets from both visual and textual sources.
• The agent parses the file, identifies components, and generates CAPEC-based security requirements automatically.
• Examples include disabling GraphQL introspection, enforcing rate limiting, and query cost analysis.
• Helps standardize and accelerate threat modeling with minimal manual input.

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Improvements

Performance Optimization​

• Reduced initial load time from ~9 seconds to under 100ms.
• The platform now delivers faster page rendering and improved responsiveness.

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New Feature

Enhanced PDF Reports​

• Technical and executive reports now support inline image rendering.
• Key updates include:
  • Display of assets associated with each project.
  • Inclusion of the full project timeline and individual requirement timelines.
  • Inline images for vulnerabilities and requirements.
  • Non-image attachments automatically bundled in a .zip file.
• Result: richer, clearer, and more contextualized reports for both technical and managerial use.

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New Feature

Executive Reports​

• New Executive Report type designed for decision makers.
• Provides concise, result-oriented summaries without deep technical detail.
• Keeps customizable text fields for contextual information.
• Removes complexity filters and focuses on key project outcomes.
• Simplifies reporting processes and ensures consistent communication across stakeholders.

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New Feature

Multilingual Platform & Reports​

• Added language selection in the user profile, allowing interface translation between English and Portuguese.
• Reports (Technical, Executive, and DAST) can now be generated in multiple languages.
• Improves accessibility for international users and enhances comfort for non-English speakers.
• Users can report translation feedback directly to the team for quick improvement.

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New Feature

AI Agent – Contextual Fix Suggestions​

• The AppSec AI Agent now provides step-by-step fix recommendations directly from the vulnerability view.
• New “agent-ai” icon under Solution opens a chat pre-filled with the vulnerability context.
• The agent explains and guides remediation automatically.
• Reduces friction and accelerates vulnerability remediation processes.

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New Feature

AI Agent – Vulnerability Lookup by ID​

• The AI chat now supports commands such as “how to fix vulnerability #12345”.
• Allows direct retrieval of vulnerability details from the MCP Server by ID.
• Enables smarter contextual assistance inside the AppSec AI Agent chat.
• Improves demos and client visibility during vulnerability review sessions.

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Improvements

Retest Project Improvements​

• Added new functionality to associate vulnerabilities more easily with retest projects.
• Vulnerabilities can be linked by:
  • Asset, Project, Scan ID, or Vulnerability ID.
• Simplifies retest creation and improves overall efficiency in validation workflows.

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Improvements

Filter System Redesign​

• Introduced redesigned filter management system across key modules.
• Filters are now persistent, shareable, and URL-based, maintaining state across sessions.
• Improves navigation and usability across Assets, Projects, Vulnerabilities, and Scans.

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Improvements

DAST – False Positive Reduction (ML-Based)​

• The DAST scanner now uses machine learning to detect and exclude generic error pages automatically.
• Reduces the number of false positives reported in dynamic application tests.
• Delivers cleaner, more accurate vulnerability reports.

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👉 Access the Conviso Platform to explore these updates in action.