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Who is Appknox?
Appknox is a private application security company that provides automated vulnerability assessment and security testing for mobile, web, and API applications throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Mobile application security testing for Android and iOS applications
- Static and dynamic application security testing (SAST and DAST)
- API security testing and software composition analysis (SCA)
- Penetration testing and manual security assessment services
- Security reporting mapped to recognized frameworks such as the OWASP Mobile Top 10
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Appknox positions its platform for enterprise development, security, and compliance teams that need to identify vulnerabilities in applications before release. Its offerings are typically used by organizations with regulated data handling requirements, where application security findings must be documented, tracked, and remediated against defined policies.
The platform is delivered as a cloud-based service. Teams can upload application binaries, such as APK and IPA files, for analysis, or integrate scanning into continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines through application programming interfaces. This approach supports DevSecOps workflows, in which security checks run automatically alongside code builds. Findings are commonly aligned with OWASP guidance, including the OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard and the OWASP Top 10, along with Common Weakness Enumeration classifications.
Within the broader security market, Appknox operates in the application security testing category. Its offerings are distinct from runtime protection and mobile threat defense products, which monitor or block threats on deployed devices. Pre-release testing focuses on identifying flaws in code and application behavior before deployment, which reduces the volume of issues that reach production environments and the cost of later remediation.
In the Decision Insights directory, the company is positioned under information technology, within cybersecurity, application, cloud and AI security, and application security and DevSecOps. Its active solution areas include mobile application security testing, web and API security testing, and manual penetration testing services, which address application risk across the development and release cycle.
Our description of Appknox. Updated October 2026.