Case Study: Large Manufacturing Firm achieves holistic application security and software-health visibility with CAST

Application Security Assessments focusing on Security Vulnerability, Open Source Exposures, and Visibility into Software Health

A global leader in industrial tools engaged CAST after its new CISO discovered five critical applications—two Java, one PHP, one .NET and one web app—that had never been security‑assessed. The CISO sought clear visibility into security posture and broader software quality (robustness, performance, maintainability and transferability) to ensure the applications were resilient and reliable.

CAST performed assessments mapped to CISQ, CWE and OWASP and ran software composition analysis to identify open‑source vulnerabilities and remediation plans. The audit revealed 44 top‑priority violations and health scores around 2.87–2.91 (on a 1–4 scale) for security, robustness and efficiency. CAST delivered a holistic remediation roadmap—open‑source control, technical‑debt reduction, continuous improvement and improved maintainability—so the customer could prioritize fixes and raise application resilience.