The complexities of scaling AppSec teams and how to address them in 2025

Published

2025-01-28 13:08

Collected

2026-07-01 11:01

---
id: 264
title: "The complexities of scaling AppSec teams and how to address them in 2025"
source_domain: portswigger.net
source_url: "https://portswigger.net/blog/the-complexities-of-scaling-appsec-teams-and-how-to-address-them-in-2025"
published_at: "2025-01-28T13:08:23Z"
tags: ["appsec", "devsecops", "compliance", "dast", "burp-suite-enterprise", "team-scaling"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/264"
lang: en
---

# The complexities of scaling AppSec teams and how to address them in 2025

## Summary

PortSwigger breaks down four challenges when scaling AppSec teams — portfolio growth, resource shortages, DevSecOps practices, and compliance reporting — and argues DAST helps address them.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** portswigger.net
- **Published:** 2025-01-28T13:08:23Z
- **Original:** https://portswigger.net/blog/the-complexities-of-scaling-appsec-teams-and-how-to-address-them-in-2025
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/264