Port Swigger receives highest score in Manual Web Penetration Testing in Gartner’s Critical Capabilities for AST report
Summary: Gartner's September 2014 Critical Capabilities for Application Security Testing report gave PortSwigger the highest product score, 4.43 out of 5, for the manual web penetration testing use case, one of seven use cases in the report. Founder Dafydd Stuttard said the score reflects the company's aim to provide the best penetration testing tool on the market, and the report is meant to be read alongside the July 2014 Magic Quadrant that placed PortSwigger in the Challengers quadrant.
Bottom line: The ranking covers one of seven use cases, and Gartner's own disclaimer states it does not advise buyers to select only vendors with the highest ratings - so a top score in manual testing says nothing about the other six capabilities a security leader is weighing.
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