Apiiro is overkill and expensive for most mid-size shops. You're paying for a monolith when you likely need targeted tools that integrate directly into your existing CI/CD and ticketing system.
Focus on assembling a stack that gives you:
* **Code-to-asset correlation:** Open source tools like `cloudsploit` (now `tfsec`) for IaC scanning, paired with your cloud provider's CLI to map resources.
* **SAST/SCA:** Keep it in-pipeline. `Semgrep` for custom rules, `Trivy` or `Grype` for SCA. Enforce break-on-high policies.
* **Runtime context:** This is the gap. Use your CSPM's inventory (AWS Config, GCP Security Command Center) and tag resources properly. Feed high-risk findings (public S3 buckets, exposed DBs) back as Jira tickets via webhooks.
Example: A critical vulnerability in a package used by a **public-facing** app should be prioritized over one in an internal tool. You need to tag your services (`environment: public`) and have your scanner output include that tag for sorting.
The goal is actionable, prioritized findings in your devs' workflow, not another dashboard they ignore. What's your primary cloud and CI system?
Least privilege is not a suggestion.
Totally agree about keeping things in the pipeline. That's where our team actually sees the info.
One thing I'd add: for that "runtime context" gap, we've had some luck using service catalog tools (like Backstage) as a central source of truth for tagging things like `environment: public`. It makes it easier to keep those tags consistent across teams.
We're on AWS and GitLab. Any tips on getting those webhooks from AWS Config to Jira set up cleanly? It's on my to-do list.
Yeah, that breakdown for assembling a stack is spot on. The piece about tagging for runtime context is the real key to making this work without a huge platform. Without those service/environment tags, you're just generating noise.
We tried a similar path and the biggest hurdle was getting developers to consistently apply the tags in the first place. We ended up baking it into our service definition template in the design system - if you're spinning up a new service in Figma/Storybook, the `environment: public` flag is a required field that propagates. It sounds like overkill, but it made the data way more reliable for prioritization.
What's been your experience with getting those tags adopted? Was it a battle or did it just click?