Datadog's Application Security Management (ASM) provides a comprehensive solution for securing modern production systems, offering a range of measures including secure coding practices, security testing, web application firewall protection, threat detection, and vulnerability scanning. ASM leverages Datadog's distributed tracing to provide security coverage below the network level and with rich application context, enabling teams to track suspicious requests, visualize attack flows, and see which parts of the code are being targeted. The solution includes Protection capabilities that empower teams to block attackers, get code-level context about an attack, and block attack attempts with the In-App WAF, as well as Denylist functionality for managing blocked IP addresses and authenticated attackers. ASM's Protection capabilities enable teams to move beyond detection and take immediate action against attackers, providing a high degree of confidence in blocking legitimate users.