Legit Security

Profile

Legit Security is an Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) platform that provides end-to-end visibility and control across the software development lifecycle, from source code to cloud deployments. Founded by security experts from the Israeli Defense Forces Unit 8200, the platform has achieved recognition as a Leader in multiple industry assessments, including the IDC MarketScape for ASPM and Frost & Sullivan Frost Radar. The platform addresses the fundamental challenge of securing modern software development environments by consolidating vulnerability data from multiple sources, applying artificial intelligence to prioritize risks based on business context, and automating remediation workflows. Backed by venture capital firms including CRV, Cyberstarts, Bessemer Venture Partners, and TCV, Legit Security serves enterprise customers including Google, the New York Stock Exchange, Kraft Heinz, and Takeda Pharmaceuticals.

Focus

Legit Security addresses the visibility gap that emerges when organizations adopt cloud-native architectures, continuous integration and deployment pipelines, and AI-powered code generation. Traditional application security tools operate in isolation, creating data silos that prevent security teams from understanding how vulnerabilities interact and compound risk across the development environment. The platform enables security leaders at enterprises to move from reactive vulnerability management to proactive risk management by correlating findings from multiple scanners, understanding business impact through contextual analysis, and focusing remediation efforts on issues that genuinely threaten business objectives. Platform engineers and application security teams benefit from automated discovery of development infrastructure, comprehensive secrets detection across the entire software factory, and integration with existing development workflows without requiring changes to established processes.

Background

Legit Security was founded by Roni Fuchs (CEO), Liav Caspi (CTO), and Lior Barak (COO), who previously worked together in Unit 8200, the Israeli Defense Force's cyber intelligence unit. The company spent over a year in stealth development mode building the platform before publicly launching, recognizing that traditional application security tools were not evolving to meet the challenges of modern development environments. The company maintains independence under founder leadership while receiving strategic investment from cybersecurity-focused venture capital firms. The platform serves Fortune 500 enterprises and technology leaders across financial services, insurance, pharmaceuticals, and technology sectors. The company also maintains Legitify, an open-source tool licensed under Apache License 2.0 that provides GitHub and GitLab security scanning capabilities to the broader development community.

Main features

Code-to-cloud traceability and contextual risk analysis

The platform provides complete visibility into application journeys from initial code creation through production deployment, enabling security teams to understand not just what vulnerabilities exist but where they originated, how they propagated through development pipelines, and their actual impact in runtime environments. This capability traces vulnerabilities discovered in production back to source code, identifies which dependencies or third-party components introduced them, and determines responsible developers or teams. The platform analyzes business context by evaluating whether applications are internet-facing, handle sensitive data, serve mission-critical functions, expose APIs, or employ artificial intelligence, then generates risk scores reflecting true business impact rather than theoretical severity based solely on CVSS ratings.

Comprehensive secrets detection and prevention across development environments

The platform scans source code repositories, build logs, CI/CD pipeline outputs, development communication channels including Slack and Teams, and shared documents in Confluence and Jira for exposed credentials, API keys, database passwords, and other sensitive secrets. Artificial intelligence reduces false positives by analyzing context and patterns, addressing the alert fatigue that traditional pattern-matching approaches generate. Beyond detection, the platform provides prevention capabilities by integrating with developer workflows to block new secrets from being committed to repositories. The system continuously monitors for secrets exposure across the entire software factory rather than limiting scans to source code repositories, addressing the reality that secrets leak through multiple channels during development.

AI governance and security for development workflows

The platform provides visibility into where and how artificial intelligence is used throughout development environments, addressing the security challenges introduced by AI coding assistants and AI-generated code. Security teams can identify AI-generated code, detect which AI models are being used, assess model reputation and security posture, identify use of third-party Model Context Protocol servers, and flag instances where developers use unapproved or low-reputation AI models. The AI Security Command Center delivers unified views of AI usage patterns, real-time risk monitoring, and team-level metrics identifying which development teams require additional training on secure AI practices, enabling organizations to govern AI adoption while maintaining development velocity.