In previous blogs, we had discussed SAST and DAST. Today, let us see about IAST.
What is IAST?
IAST is an AppSec tool designed for both web and mobile applications testing. It detects and reports security issues when the application runs. IAST combines the security functions of SAST and DAST into a single security tool. It helps organizations identify and manage security risks associated with application security vulnerabilities.
It detects security issues, and vulnerabilities in the source code of applications and runs as an agent in the Application Server. It has Real-time application vulnerability detection and analyzes all the application traffic as well as the execution flow. The results are obtained in Real-time using a dedicated reporting system during application testing.
Why is IAST important?
Interactive Application Security Testing is important for the reasons below.
- Easy deployment.
- Language dependent.
- Runs inside the Web server.
- Doesn’t require access to the source code.
- Analyzes all application traffic as well as the execution flow.
- Low false positives.
- Works in runtime and identifies security flaws.
Benefits of IAST
Let us see a few benefits of Interactive Application Security Testing.
Wrap Up
IAST identifies security vulnerabilities in running applications while providing developers with the relevant lines of code and contextual remediation measures. By doing so, finding and fixing security vulnerabilities before web applications go into production drastically reduces the risk of cyberattacks, thus helping in prevention of costly security breaches later.
Organizations must optimize their runtime testing with IAST built for DevOps and QA Automation or CI/CD pipelines. It reports vulnerabilities in Real-time without further ado to existing CI/CD pipeline. It integrates with the organizations Testing or QA phase and automates analysis with current functional testing processes.
