> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.prismacloud.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.prismacloud.io/content-collections/application-security/visibility.md).

# Visibility

Today’s engineering ecosystem consists of multiple teams and developers creating diverse applications using various technologies, operating at different stages of the development life cycle. These complexities create challenges, as organizations lack the visibility required to protect sensitive data, leaving it vulnerable to accidental leakage and intentional exfiltration by careless or malicious insiders.

The Application Security module addresses these challenges by providing comprehensive visibility into your engineering environment across code repositories, contributors, technologies and connected pipelines. With this insight you can identify specific code risks and issues, allowing you to understand and prioritize remediation, and safeguard your engineering environment.

| **What do you want to do?**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | **Start here**                                                                                                                                       |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| View your entire engineering technical stack from repository to deployment in a repository-based view, which provides a map of your organization’s security posture.                                                                                                                                                                                           | [Repositories](/content-collections/application-security/visibility/repositories.md)                                                                 |
| View an inventory of technologies in use across your organization, including technologies that exist but are not integrated, or suspected traces of technologies that remain after technologies have been removed. This provides a comprehensive understanding of your technology landscape and allows you to remove unused assets, thereby enhancing security | [Technologies Overview](/content-collections/application-security/visibility/technologies/technology-overview.md)                                    |
| View an inventory of third party applications and webhooks detected in your VCS to gain insights into their usage across the organization, to remove unused instances, and to review and remove excessive permissions where not required                                                                                                                       | [VCS 3rd Parties](/content-collections/application-security/visibility/technologies/vcs-third-parties.md)                                            |
| View an inventory of Jenkins plugins across your organization’s Jenkins servers, allowing you to remove unused plugins and to assess, prioritize and remediate CVE vulnerabilities                                                                                                                                                                             | [Jenkins Plugins](/content-collections/application-security/visibility/technologies/jenkins-plugins.md)                                              |
| View your SBOM in order to identify, analyze and remediate vulnerabilities and risks detected in dependencies                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | [SBOM](https://github.com/PaloAltoNetworks/pc-docs-md/tree/main/enterprise-edition/content-collections/application-security/visibility/sbom/sbom.md) |
| View artificial intelligence/ machine learning (AI/ML) open-source packages used in your codebase                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | [SBOM](https://github.com/PaloAltoNetworks/pc-docs-md/tree/main/enterprise-edition/content-collections/application-security/visibility/sbom/sbom.md) |


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