Automated Web Application Security Testing - Port Swigger
Summary: PortSwigger is marketing its Burp Suite automated web application security testing tools, including Burp Scanner and Burp Suite DAST, which it says contains the same scanner that sits at the core of Burp Suite Professional. The company claims its multi-AST technology maximizes signal to noise ratio and that its agent-led scanning model lets teams scale testing to match application portfolio growth, with role-based access control and single sign-on included as standard.
Why it matters: The pitch rests on the claim that automated scanning lets a limited AppSec team cover a growing application portfolio and reserve manual pentesting for where it matters most, so the stake is whether automation actually absorbs that volume or just adds another tool your team has to run.
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