Khul Anwar
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Khul Anwar

Khul acts as a bridge between complex security problems and practical solutions. With a background in automating digital workflows, he applies those same efficiency principles to DevSecOps. At Plexicus, he researches the evolving ASPM landscape to help engineering teams consolidate their security stack, automate the "boring parts," and reduce Mean Time to Remediation.

How to Automate SQL Injection (SQLi) Remediation at Scale
Application Security

How to Automate SQL Injection (SQLi) Remediation at Scale

In this guide, you will learn how to move beyond manual patching and build a workflow that automatically detects, prioritizes, and remediates SQLi vulnerabilities using AI-driven automation.

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Top 15 DevSecOps Tools & Alternatives for 2026
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Top 15 DevSecOps Tools & Alternatives for 2026

DevSecOps has become the standard for delivering modern software. Teams no longer hand off code to security after development. By 2026, security is a shared, automated part of every step in the pipeline. In this guide, we round up the top DevSecOps tools to try in 2026, covering what each tool does, its pros and cons, and exactly what legacy solution it replaces.

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Top 10 CNAPP Tools for 2026 | Cloud Native Application Protection Platforms
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Top 10 CNAPP Tools for 2026 | Cloud Native Application Protection Platforms

Imagine a bustling Friday afternoon in the security operations center of a rapidly growing tech company. The team, already knee-deep in alerts, receives notification after notification, their screens flashing with 'critical' issues that demand immediate attention. They have over 1,000 cloud accounts spread across various providers, each one contributing to the tidal wave of alerts. Many of these alerts, however, do not even relate to internet-exposed resources, leaving the team frustrated and overwhelmed by the scale and the apparent urgency of it all. Cloud security is complicated.

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Frictionless Security: Integrating Tools into the Developer Workflow
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Frictionless Security: Integrating Tools into the Developer Workflow

Developer Experience (DevEx) is key when choosing security tools. Security should make the developer’s job easier, not harder. If developers have to leave their coding environment or use another dashboard to find issues, it slows them down and makes them less likely to use the tools.

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Ready to validate what matters?

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SAMPLE HANDOVER · ILLUSTRATIVE

Sample evidence handover

A trimmed view of what your team receives at the end of an AI Swarm Pentest engagement. Real engagements include full technical evidence, executive narrative, and a remediation plan.

VALIDATED FINDING Evidence attached

Server-Side Request Forgery in webhooks/receiver

demo-project/sample-app · src/webhooks/receiver.py:42

SeverityHigh CVSS 3.18.6 Priority79 Confirmedvia replay

Untrusted caller-supplied URLs reach an internal egress without an allowlist. Replayed in a sandbox against a fresh authorised target — the same control was validated to fail twice.

REVIEWER-READY REMEDIATION Merge-ready PR

Validate the target URL against an allowlist of permitted hostnames. Reject private/internal IP ranges. Enforce HTTPS only.

plexicus/remediation/webhooks-ssrf 3 changed · 0 new files
42resp = requests.get(target_url)
42+if not is_allowed_host(target_url):
43+  raise WebhookRejected(target_url)
44+resp = requests.get(target_url, timeout=5)
Every engagement hands over:
  • Executive briefing
  • Validated findings list
  • Merge-ready PRs
  • Compliance mapping (NIS2 · DORA · CRA)