Case Study: Avant Assessment achieves stronger security posture and faster vulnerability remediation with Veracode

Avant Assessment - Customer Case Study

Avant Assessment, led by VP of Engineering Michael Calabrese, adopted Veracode to validate application security and meet obligations to clients. Their challenge was catching subtle vulnerabilities that code reviews missed and bringing consistency to security across multiple microservices; they also faced usability issues with Veracode’s slow UI, occasional failed scans, and only average scalability, which added some short‑term development overhead.

They integrated Veracode (static analysis and Security Labs) into AWS CodePipeline and Jenkins with a deployment that took days and yielded benefits within 1–2 months. Veracode exposed hidden flaws (e.g., accidental in‑code authentication), improved developer security skills through Security Labs, and strengthened client trust and overall security posture. While some support and interface frustrations remain and ROI is largely intangible, the team finds the platform valuable, cost‑effective, and is expanding use into SCA and penetration testing.

Avant Assessment

Michael Calabrese

Vice President of Engineering