Hey there! What’s your role, and your responsibilities?

I’m Gavin Reid, CISO at Human Security. These responses reflect input from both me and the broader security team.

What makes Human Security stand out in your industry?

We integrate advanced prevention, detection, and response against bots, fraud, and digital abuse in a unified platform designed for scale, speed, and trust. We monitor over 20 trillion digital interactions weekly, giving organizations deep visibility and governance over both human users and autonomous AI agents. The result is an adaptive trust layer that verifies interactions across the full digital customer journey.

What purpose should security serve in your industry?

Security should always support business drivers. There’s no one-size-fits-all. As a company’s needs mature, good security matures with it.

What stood out about Aikido during evaluation?

“Aikido stood out for how effectively it filters out false positives, keeping our attention on real threats.”

Aikido stood out for how effectively it filters out false positives, keeping our attention on real threats. Its simple, seamless integration across every platform gives us the clarity and control to tell what truly matters (and, sometimes more importantly, what doesn’t).

How easy or difficult was it to integrate Aikido into your workflows?

“A few clicks, and we were done. The integration process was effortless and fully automated.”

What has your experience been like with the Aikido team?

Excellent. The Aikido team is incredibly fast to respond and consistently resolves issues quickly. They’re highly collaborative too; we’ve co-designed new features with them easily.

Favorite features or capabilities?

The control and flexibility, especially being able to reclassify issues in several ways. It lets us separate real problems from background noise. Just as importantly, Aikido lets us extend that decision-making to trusted engineers, removing bottlenecks and saving time.

How has Aikido changed the way Human Security approaches security and vulnerability management?

A small security team set up a self-service model with built-in gates for high and critical issues. It’s an efficient approach that keeps us focused on real risks while lower-priority items move forward smoothly.

Can you share a moment where Aikido saved your team time, stress, or risk?

Aikido’s AI-driven impact and risk analysis is a constant time-saver. It helps us zero in on what actually matters.

How does Aikido help with increasing regulatory and data protection demands?

Strategically, Aikido became the core of our internal vulnerability management to support growing audit needs. It gives auditors consistent, risk-based visibility into our AppSec posture.

Have you seen measurable outcomes like faster remediation or fewer missed vulnerabilities?

Definitely. We expanded coverage and caught issues earlier by moving from a patchwork of tools to Aikido’s unified scanning, covering code, SAST, SCA, secrets, containers, and registries. Everything now ties into merge request checks and CI pipelines. Engineers fine-tune findings, adjust severity, and move fast. The reduced noise and smooth integration save time and clear everyday bottlenecks.

If you had to describe Aikido’s impact in one sentence?

“Aikido brings all of our application security into the CI/CD pipeline, expanding coverage and cutting down noise.”

Aikido brings all of our application security into the CI/CD pipeline, expanding coverage and cutting down noise. Engineers fix issues faster, and auditors get a clear, consistent, risk-based program that aligns with compliance.

Summary

By unifying their scanning stack and embedding security directly into CI/CD, Human Security empowered developers to move fast without sacrificing control. For their security team, Aikido isn’t just another tool; it’s the backbone of a modern, scalable, risk-based AppSec program.

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