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January 22, 2025

Root Out Vulnerabilities in GitHub as You Merge Code Changes

For all the talk about the need to “shift left” security to earlier in the software development life cycle, little has been done to make developers’ lives easier.

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SecurityWeek

January 22, 2025

Application Security Firm DryRun Raises $8.7 Million in Seed Funding

DryRun Security on Wednesday announced raising $8.7 million in a seed funding round for its AI-powered application security solutions.

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SiliconANGLE

January 22, 2025

DryRun Security raises $8.7M to advance AI-driven application security

Artificial intelligence-native application security startup DryRun Security Co. announced today that it has raised $8.7 million in new funding to grow its go-to-market operations.

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DBTA

January 22, 2025

DryRun Security Powers Code Policy Enforcement with Natural Language, Underpinned by $8.7M in Funding

DryRun Security, the AI-native company delivering application security (AppSec) for development and security teams, is announcing the completion of its $8.7 million seed funding round as well as the launch of Natural Language Code Policies (NLCP).

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DevOps.com

January 22, 2025

DryRun Security Defines Application Security Policies Using Natural Language

DryRun Security today added an ability to use natural language to define and enforce application security policies as application developers build software.

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The RSNAKE Show

August 27, 2024

Demo Day - DryRun

Today we sat down with James Wickett from DryRun, and Trey and get to see how this innovative startup is using LLMs and deep integrations with Github to automatically find issues.

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Cybersecurity Pulse

August 5, 2024

Startup Spotlight Finalists at BlackHat

The competition is fairly new, running for 3 years as opposed to the RSA Innovation Sandbox which has been running since 2005. There are many differences between both competitions, but both have become a prestigious rite of passage for hot security startups.

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DevOps Dispatch

July 17, 2024

DevOps and AI Synergy: Transforming Security and Operations

At DevOps days Austin 2024, Dell’s Barton George sat down with James Wickett, CEO and co-founder of Dryrun Security (James is also the co-founder of DevOps Days Austin). James and Barton discuss the evolution of DevOps and examine the parallels between the roles of the cloud in operations and the emerging influence of AI in security.

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Security Boulevard

May 2, 2024

LLMs in APPSEC: Real-World LLM Use Cases in Application Security from Four Industry Experts | Impart Security

Darwin, Phillip, James, and Brian separate hype from reality for LLMs in application security today, how things are evolving on the front lines, and the future off the appsec role from the expert perspectives of Industry Analyst, Security Practitioner, SDLC founder, and Runtime founder.

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Techstrong

December 18, 2023

Seamless Development Security with DryRun Security’s James Wickett

James Wickett, the CEO and co-founder of DryRun Security, discusses the company’s recent emergence from stealth and introduces its innovative approach to making security a seamless and efficient part of the development process.

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Security Boulevard

August 23, 2023

Developer Week CloudX 2023 – Better security and accessibility in the cloud

In his session "Context Over Control: Security's New Path," James Wickett, CEO & Co-Founder DryRun Security, walked us through his self-described radical beliefs about security: 1. Security is a function of quality. 2. Security is a value, not just a cost. 3. Developers care about security. 4. We need contextual security analysis.

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Absolute AppSec

June 6, 2023

Absolute AppSec Ep. #209 - James Wickett, Contextual Security Analysis

Join us for a special episode of Absolute AppSec with James Wickett (@wickett on twitter), the co-founder of DryRun Security (dryrun.security), creator of the Lonestar Application Security Conference, and all around infosec industry veteran.

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Dark Reading

May 24, 2023

Technology Veterans James Wickett and Ken Johnson launch DryRun Security to Bring Security to Developers

DryRun security seeks to bridge the gap between developers and security professionals by automating security analysis in code reviews before deployment.

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VMblog

January 22, 2025

DryRun Security Raises $8.7M Seed Funding to Transform Application Security with AI-Powered Code Analysis - VMblog QA

In an exclusive interview with VMblog, James Wickett, co-founder and CEO of DryRun Security, reveals how the company is revolutionizing application security through its innovative Contextual Security Analysis platform.

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InformationWeek

October 25, 2022

Spotting DevSecOps Warning Signs and Responding to Failures

The perfect blend of development, security, and operations (DevSecOps) can elude many organizations and hamper the digital transformation efforts, even if they think they are on the right path.

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SC Media

February 19, 2026