APPSEC COURSE
Agentic AppSec course: running application security when agents write and fix code
Short answer
By The Pipeline Desk · Best Agentic AppSec · Published 2026-10-08
What changes when agents write code?
Where coding agents act, and where controls can reach them.
Lesson 1 · 3 min read
What agentic AppSec covers
Agentic AppSec has two halves: controls on the coding agents that write code, and AI agents that triage and fix findings. What each half includes.
Lesson 2 · 3 min read
Where agents touch the SDLC
A coding agent's work passes six points where a control can act: the agent, the IDE, the pull request, the pipeline, triage and the fix. What each point can catch.
Lesson 3 · 3 min read
Choosing the enforcement point
Agent policy can be enforced on the developer endpoint, in the IDE, through hooks inside one agent or at the pull request. What each point covers and misses.
What can AppSec agents do today?
Triage agents, fix agents and the policy that governs both.
Lesson 4 · 3 min read
Triage agents
Triage agents decide which findings matter using reachability, exploitability, runtime and business context. What vendors describe, and what a person still signs off.
Lesson 5 · 3 min read
Running a fix loop
A fix agent's work is a loop: pick a finding, write the change, validate it, open a pull request, get a review. How vendors describe each step, and what to check.
Lesson 6 · 3 min read
Writing policy for agents
Agent policy decides what coding agents may run, install, call and send. How to write rules in three tiers, allow, steer and block, and where vendors enforce them.
How do you run an agentic AppSec program?
Rollout, measurement, vendor claims and ownership.
Lesson 7 · 3 min read
Rolling out agent governance
A four-phase rollout for coding agent governance: discover, observe, steer and block. What to do in each phase and how to know when to move on.
Lesson 8 · 3 min read
Measuring the program
Metrics for an agentic AppSec program: agent inventory coverage, blocked actions, fix acceptance rate, time to fix and findings reopened. How to collect each one.
Lesson 9 · 3 min read
Reading vendor agent claims
How to read vendor pages about AppSec agents: release status, what 'validated' means, which agents are named, which plan includes the feature, and what is not stated.
Lesson 10 · 3 min read
Who owns what
When coding agents and AppSec agents join the SDLC, ownership shifts. Who owns agent policy, the inventory, fix review, exceptions and the vendor relationship.