Question 1

What does Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) mean?

Accepted Answer

Scanning a running application for vulnerabilities is known as DAST or Dynamic Application Security Testing. It is a kind of security testing approach and simulates automated attacks like a hacker to discover weaknesses.

Question 2

How does DAST security testing benefit you?

Accepted Answer

DAST helps to identify runtime vulnerabilities like authentication flaws, server configuration errors, issues with session management, and other flaws. It scans applications when running and identifies vulnerabilities with the lowest false positives. It is more reliable in discovering vulnerabilities than SAST.

Question 3

What kind of security testing are DAST platforms used for?

Accepted Answer

DAST is a type of Blackbox security testing method that checks for vulnerabilities without knowing the internal details of the application.