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Snyk announced the acquisition of Helios, a tool that captures application runtime data, to further enhance Snyk’s cloud-to-code risk visibility.

The acquisition marks a milestone in Snyk’s Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) journey, accelerating the evolution of Snyk AppRisk and allowing enterprise security teams to more effectively manage their global application security programs at scale.

Snyk will now combine Helios’ full-stack runtime data collection and insights with the power of the Snyk Developer Security Platform to provide customers with a truly comprehensive picture of their applications, spanning the entire software development lifecycle.

Snyk customers can now leverage security context from all phases of development – from when code is built, to when it is compiled, to when it is deployed– facilitating true DevSecOps collaboration.

“As the pace and complexity of software development continues to rapidly increase, we’ve seen our global customers reap enormous productivity gains, but often at the cost of increased risk and critical security concerns,” said Peter McKay, CEO, Snyk. “This acquisition was executed with those valid concerns top of mind. We’re excited to welcome the Helios team and look forward to continuing to push the market forward with our ASPM vision and enhanced solution.”

With Helios' cutting-edge runtime forensic capabilities, Snyk customers will now have access to:

- End-to-end application discovery: holistic visibility of an entire application environment;

- Risk-based prioritization: ability to use actionable runtime insights to focus remediation efforts where they matter most to the business; and,

- Full-stack runtime data collection: including multiple data collection methods to ensure a comprehensive picture of applications in runtime.

“This is an incredible opportunity for the Helios team to join Snyk and change how the industry views ASPM, and we’re thrilled that our technology will immediately be able to help more AppSec and developer teams be successful,” said Eli Cohen, Co-Founder and CEO, Helios. “We’ve long admired Snyk’s approach and proven success and we’re honored to join this innovative, collaborative culture.”

The Helios acquisition is Snyk’s latest move demonstrating the company’s vision for developer-led ASPM. Snyk acquired ASPM leader, Enso Security, in June 2023, adding notable prioritization and remediation capabilities to their existing platform. In December, the company closely followed that acquisition with the launch of its market-disrupting ASPM solution, Snyk AppRisk, a tool designed to help AppSec teams govern their security program in seamless collaboration with development and reduce risk at scale.

With Helios’ functionality, Snyk can now additionally bring greater benefit to their strategic partners by leveraging these runtime insights for complementary value. In both the near- and long-term, Snyk looks forward to creating even more advantages and opportunities within its partner ecosystem for mutual customers looking to benefit from enhanced runtime data, visibility and analysis.