diff --git a/appsec/events/block.go b/appsec/events/block.go
index 0d5b518945..8db51b8268 100644
--- a/appsec/events/block.go
+++ b/appsec/events/block.go
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@
 // It allows finer-grained integrations of appsec into your Go errors' management logic.
 package events
 
+import "errors"
+
 var _ error = (*BlockingSecurityEvent)(nil)
 
+var securityError = &BlockingSecurityEvent{}
+
 // BlockingSecurityEvent is the error type returned by function calls blocked by appsec.
 // Even though appsec takes care of responding automatically to the blocked requests, it
 // is your duty to abort the request handlers that are calling functions blocked by appsec.
@@ -22,3 +26,8 @@ type BlockingSecurityEvent struct{}
 func (*BlockingSecurityEvent) Error() string {
 	return "request blocked by WAF"
 }
+
+// IsSecurityError returns true if the error is a security event.
+func IsSecurityError(err error) bool {
+	return errors.Is(err, securityError)
+}
diff --git a/contrib/google.golang.org/grpc/appsec.go b/contrib/google.golang.org/grpc/appsec.go
index b966358877..108d900838 100644
--- a/contrib/google.golang.org/grpc/appsec.go
+++ b/contrib/google.golang.org/grpc/appsec.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package grpc
 
 import (
 	"context"
+
 	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/ddtrace"
 	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/internal/appsec/dyngo"
 	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/internal/appsec/emitter/grpcsec"
diff --git a/contrib/labstack/echo.v4/appsec.go b/contrib/labstack/echo.v4/appsec.go
index 2dee4bcd30..9cd849cc20 100644
--- a/contrib/labstack/echo.v4/appsec.go
+++ b/contrib/labstack/echo.v4/appsec.go
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 package echo
 
 import (
-	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/appsec/events"
 	"net/http"
 
-	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
+	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/appsec/events"
 	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/ddtrace/tracer"
 	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/internal/appsec/emitter/httpsec"
+
+	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
 )
 
 func withAppSec(next echo.HandlerFunc, span tracer.Span) echo.HandlerFunc {
diff --git a/contrib/net/http/roundtripper.go b/contrib/net/http/roundtripper.go
index 7c4e64edde..bd71daa801 100644
--- a/contrib/net/http/roundtripper.go
+++ b/contrib/net/http/roundtripper.go
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@
 package http
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/appsec/events"
 	"math"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 
-	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/appsec/events"
 	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/ddtrace"
 	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/ddtrace/ext"
 	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/ddtrace/tracer"
@@ -26,8 +25,6 @@ type roundTripper struct {
 	cfg  *roundTripperConfig
 }
 
-var securityError = &events.BlockingSecurityEvent{}
-
 func (rt *roundTripper) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (res *http.Response, err error) {
 	if rt.cfg.ignoreRequest(req) {
 		return rt.base.RoundTrip(req)
@@ -63,7 +60,7 @@ func (rt *roundTripper) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (res *http.Response, err er
 		if rt.cfg.after != nil {
 			rt.cfg.after(res, span)
 		}
-		if !errors.Is(err, securityError) && (rt.cfg.errCheck == nil || rt.cfg.errCheck(err)) {
+		if !events.IsSecurityError(err) && (rt.cfg.errCheck == nil || rt.cfg.errCheck(err)) {
 			span.Finish(tracer.WithError(err))
 		} else {
 			span.Finish()
diff --git a/internal/appsec/emitter/httpsec/roundtripper.go b/internal/appsec/emitter/httpsec/roundtripper.go
index c8616440c5..99e248fe6c 100644
--- a/internal/appsec/emitter/httpsec/roundtripper.go
+++ b/internal/appsec/emitter/httpsec/roundtripper.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func ProtectRoundTrip(ctx context.Context, url string) error {
 	}
 
 	var err *events.BlockingSecurityEvent
-	// TODO: move the data listener as a setup function of httpsec.StartRoundTripperOperation(ars, <setup>) 
+	// TODO: move the data listener as a setup function of httpsec.StartRoundTripperOperation(ars, <setup>)
 	dyngo.OnData(op, func(e *events.BlockingSecurityEvent) {
 		err = e
 	})
diff --git a/internal/appsec/listener/sharedsec/shared.go b/internal/appsec/listener/sharedsec/shared.go
index b7811464db..39f4353d41 100644
--- a/internal/appsec/listener/sharedsec/shared.go
+++ b/internal/appsec/listener/sharedsec/shared.go
@@ -8,14 +8,16 @@ package sharedsec
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
-	"github.com/DataDog/appsec-internal-go/limiter"
-	waf "github.com/DataDog/go-libddwaf/v3"
-	wafErrors "github.com/DataDog/go-libddwaf/v3/errors"
+
 	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/appsec/events"
 	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/internal/appsec/dyngo"
 	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/internal/appsec/emitter/sharedsec"
 	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/internal/appsec/trace"
 	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/internal/log"
+
+	"github.com/DataDog/appsec-internal-go/limiter"
+	waf "github.com/DataDog/go-libddwaf/v3"
+	wafErrors "github.com/DataDog/go-libddwaf/v3/errors"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/internal/stacktrace/event_test.go b/internal/stacktrace/event_test.go
index 3ebdb554c3..a95db53633 100644
--- a/internal/stacktrace/event_test.go
+++ b/internal/stacktrace/event_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 package stacktrace
 
 import (
-	"github.com/tinylib/msgp/msgp"
 	"testing"
 
 	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/ddtrace/mocktracer"
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/internal"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"github.com/tinylib/msgp/msgp"
 )
 
 func TestNewEvent(t *testing.T) {