HCL AppScan RASP

HCL AppScan RASP is an enterprise-class Runtime Application Self-Protection solution designed to shield production applications, microservices, and APIs from zero-day cyber attacks, web exploits, and malicious data injections from within the application runtime environment. Unlike external perimeter firewalls that must inspect network packets in isolation, AppScan RASP embeds directly into the running application process, analyzing execution context, database calls, and memory states in real time to neutralize malicious exploits before they execute.

The solution provides continuous, autonomous protection against complex application-layer threats, including SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), command injection, unauthorized file access, and unpatched third-party library vulnerabilities (such as Log4j). Key technical capabilities include in-memory exploit blocking, automated attack notification and telemetry, zero-signature dependency protection, minimal CPU and latency overhead, and automated virtual patching that protects vulnerable code without requiring emergency software deployments. Because protection is embedded into the runtime, applications remain defended across multi-cloud, containerized, and on-premises environments without requiring perimeter firewall reconfiguration.

HCL AppScan RASP integrates with Java, .NET, and modern application servers, container orchestration systems (Docker, Kubernetes), enterprise SIEM platforms, and HCL AppScan 360. Core enterprise use cases include securing legacy applications that cannot be readily re-architected or patched, defending open-source dependencies against zero-day exploits, providing defense-in-depth behind web application firewalls (WAFs), and fulfilling PCI-DSS 4.0 runtime application protection requirements. HCL AppScan RASP delivers in-depth runtime defense, exceptional accuracy, and resilient protection against zero-day exploits.