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What is Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)?

eSecurity Planet

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) combines elements of pentesting, vulnerability scanning and code security to evaluate the security of web applications. By doing this, DAST helps determine how secure the web application is and pinpoint areas that need improvement.

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GUEST ESSAY – A primer on ‘WAAP’ – an approach to securing APIs at the web app layer

The Last Watchdog

One could make the argument that Application Programming Interfaces — APIs – are a vital cornerstone of digital transformation. Related: How a dynamic WAF can help protect SMBs. However, APIs have gained traction so rapidly and deeply that not nearly enough attention has been paid to the associated security shortcomings.

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Top 5 Application Security Tools & Software for 2023

eSecurity Planet

Application security tools and software solutions are designed to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities and threats in software applications. Their main purpose is to protect applications from unauthorized access, data breaches, and malicious attacks.

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How to Conduct a Vulnerability Assessment

Centraleyes

Today’s security teams face the challenge of monitoring the well-being and performance of a diverse array of on-premises and cloud applications, software, IoT devices, and remote networks. To add to the complexity, hackers relentlessly hunt for vulnerabilities on the attack surface to gain entry for malicious purposes.

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Introduction to SAST

CyberSecurity Insiders

The DevSecOps process is impossible without securing the source code. In this article, I would like to talk about Static Application Security Testing (SAST). About 90% of security incidents occur because of malicious exploitation of software bugs. What is SAST?

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Defense in Depth: Why You Need DAST, SAST, SCA, and Pen Testing

Veracode Security

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Best Enterprise Vulnerability Scanning Vendors

eSecurity Planet

Some even deploy applications, web servers, and containers. To examine this broad spectrum of assets and connections, these organizations need multi-faceted tools, or a vendor that can supply integrated tools that support complex workflows and larger teams for vulnerability management, remediation, and related tasks.