Agentic AI for Defense: How Checkmarx Turns Security into a Coding Partner

Checkmarx introduces its Checkmarx One Assist platform, positioning it as a genuinely 'agentic' AppSec tool rather than a reactive scanner. The platform covers three layers: Developer Assist for real-time IDE validation (VS Code, JetBrains, Cursor, Windsurf), Policy Assist for inline governance enforcement, and Insights Assist for MTTR and risk tracking. The post also provides an eight-question framework to evaluate whether any AppSec vendor's AI is truly agentic or just reactive tooling rebranded, covering criteria like pre-commit validation, explainability, real-time policy enforcement, and shadow AI detection.