Trends Report

Construct A Business Case For Interactive Application Security Testing

How Faster App Releases At Reduced Cost Make IAST Worthwhile

November 3rd, 2017
Amy DeMartine, VP, Research Director
Amy DeMartine VP, Research Director
With contributors:
Christopher McClean , Trevor Lyness , Peggy Dostie

Summary

As software delivery times speed up, security professionals are trying to fit repeatable security testing into shrinking software delivery lifecycles. Rather than depending on a crawler to assess running applications, interactive application security testing (IAST) tools use developer- and QA tester-created automated functional testing scripts to evaluate security as part of the SDLC. This report details two emerging vendor tools in the IAST space and evaluates the benefits that customers experience using these tools. Security pros can use this report to create a business case for IAST.

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