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title: Security RX for Applications
source: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/vulnerability-management/applications/overview
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Security RX for Applications helps you identify, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities in your application dependencies. Whether you're monitoring a single service or managing security across your entire application portfolio, Security RX provides the visibility and context you need to secure your software supply chain.

## What you can do

With Security RX for Applications, you can:

-   **Detect vulnerabilities** in application dependencies automatically through APM agents
-   **Prioritize remediation** based on CVSS severity, exploit probability (EPSS), and active ransomware campaigns
-   **Track vulnerability exposure** across your application portfolio
-   **Monitor specific applications** with entity-scoped views for developers
-   **Manage organization-wide security** with comprehensive dashboards for security teams
-   **Import vulnerabilities** from third-party tools like Snyk, Dependabot, and FOSSA

## How to get started

Before using Security RX for Applications, make sure you have:

1.  **[Set up prerequisites and user roles](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/vulnerability-management/getting-started/prerequisites)** - Ensure you have the required permissions
2.  **[Configured an integration](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/vulnerability-management/getting-started/integrations/overview)** - Install an APM agent or set up a third-party integration
3.  **[Understand prioritization](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/vulnerability-management/getting-started/prioritization)** - Learn how vulnerabilities are ranked

## Choose your workflow

Security RX provides two complementary views for managing application vulnerabilities:

### Organization view: Manage all applications

Best for security teams, DevSecOps, and platform engineers who need to:

-   Calculate the vulnerability surface area across all applications
-   Identify which applications pose the highest risk
-   Understand how vulnerabilities affect multiple services
-   Track security hygiene metrics organization-wide

**→ [Manage organization-wide application vulnerabilities](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/vulnerability-management/applications/manage-organization-vulnerabilities)**

### Entity view: Monitor specific applications

Best for developers and engineers who need to:

-   Monitor vulnerabilities in services they own
-   Prioritize fixes for a specific application
-   Track vulnerability exposure windows for their code
-   Integrate security tasks into their daily workflow

**→ [Monitor entity-level application security](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/vulnerability-management/applications/monitor-entity-security)**

## Supported languages and frameworks

Security RX detects vulnerabilities in applications instrumented with New Relic APM agents:

| Language | Minimum Version        | Detection Coverage |
| -------- | ---------------------- | ------------------ |
| Java     | All supported versions | JAR files          |
| Node.js  | All supported versions | npm packages       |
| Ruby     | All supported versions | Gems               |
| Python   | 8.0 or higher          | Packages           |
| Go       | 3.20 or higher         | Modules            |
| PHP      | 10.17 or higher        | Composer packages  |
| .NET     | 10.11.0 or higher      | Nuget packages     |

For complete agent requirements and version details, see [APM agent integrations](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/vulnerability-management/getting-started/integrations/overview#apm-agents).

## Data sources

Security RX for Applications collects vulnerability data from:

-   **APM agents** - Automatic detection of vulnerabilities in loaded libraries
-   **Third-party integrations** - Import findings from Snyk, Dependabot, FOSSA, and other security tools
-   **Security data API** - Send custom vulnerability data directly to New Relic

Learn more about [configuring integrations](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/vulnerability-management/getting-started/integrations/overview).

## What's next?

[Manage organization vulnerabilities](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/vulnerability-management/applications/manage-organization-vulnerabilities)

View vulnerability surface area across all applications

[Monitor entity security](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/vulnerability-management/applications/monitor-entity-security)

Track vulnerabilities in a specific application

[Set up alerts](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/vulnerability-management/advanced/set-up-alerts)

Get notified when new vulnerabilities are detected

[Manage vulnerability status](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/vulnerability-management/advanced/manage-vulnerability-status)

Change status to Ignored, Affected, or Fixed