Prime Security expands product security platform ahead of Black Hat

Prime Security unveiled a new operating model for product security on Aug. 3 in New York and will demo the expanded platform this week at Black Hat USA in Las Vegas. The update is meant to help security teams join product decisions earlier and more continuously as AI speeds up software development.

Why it matters: - Prime Security is trying to move product security from a late-stage review function into an always-on part of product development. - The shift matters because AI-assisted engineering is compressing architecture, implementation and deployment into tighter workflows. - Security teams need visibility earlier in the process if they want to influence decisions before code is written.

What happened: - Prime Security introduced a new operating model for Product Security on Aug. 3 in New York. - The expanded platform is designed to help security teams participate in product decisions from architecture and design through implementation and continuous validation. - Prime is returning to Black Hat USA this week in Las Vegas, one year after winning the conference’s Startup Spotlight competition. - The company will showcase the expanded platform at the event.

The details: - The platform now includes autonomous design reviews. - The platform also includes AI security code reviews. - Additional capabilities include AI coding guardrails, risk-focused software supply chain security and continuous white-box pentesting. - Prime built the platform around a shared understanding of the product and its architecture. - That approach starts with architecture and design decisions, where security context is created before code exists. - The expanded model extends across the full product lifecycle, including before code, in code and after code. - Prime CEO Michael Nov said software development has changed because architecture, implementation and deployment increasingly happen together, often in the same AI-assisted workflow. - Nov said security can no longer keep up by reviewing software after it is built because key decisions have already been made.

Between the lines: - Prime is betting that product security tools need to understand the whole system, not just scan isolated code. - The company is positioning architecture-level context as the main way to reduce noise and improve security coverage. - Customers appear to be using the platform to shorten review cycles and reduce manual workload. - Prime is backed by Foundation Capital, Flybridge and Scale Venture Partners. - Customers include PayPal, Bumble, Qualtrics, MX and ThoughtSpot. - Customers report completing security design reviews in as little as 15 minutes. - Customers also report increasing security team capacity by 4-5x and reducing false positives by up to 90% compared with traditional application security approaches.

What's next: - Prime will continue its Black Hat USA presence this week in Las Vegas. - More information is available at Prime Security and Black Hat activities and event information. - Prime Security also maintains a LinkedIn company page.