Introduction The era of "vibe coding" is officially here, and Asia Pacific is central to this trend, already hosting a rising number of vibe coding start-ups. AI coding has accelerated software delivery to a breakneck pace, but this velocity has come with a steep security tax. While the industry is enamoured with the speed of delivery, those of us in the trenches of Application Security (AppSec) are seeing a different reality. A recent benchmark test of 18 leading generative AI models reveals that every single model struggles to generate secure code consistently. As leading LLM providers like Anthropic and OpenAI begin to move into the AppSec space with AI-driven SAST capabilities, the industry is at a...