This executive summary discusses the growing tension between speed and risk in modern application development. As organizations push for faster delivery in today’s rapidly evolving IT landscape, developers face mounting pressure from changing business requirements, automation pipelines, configuration management, asset tracking, and multiple security and compliance standards. Like exceeding speed limits, moving too fast without understanding risk increases the likelihood of serious security issues. Rapid application security addresses this challenge by aligning risk management with compliance, security practices, and DevOps workflows. The paper emphasizes that security must scale with speed, enabling developers to meet delivery demands while maintaining visibility, reducing risk, and ensuri

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