Dynamic Application Analysis
Runtime vulnerability detection through dynamic analysis that evaluates your application from an external attacker's perspective. Automated testing and manual validation in staging or production environments.
DAST Methodology
Dynamic Runtime Analysis
Real attack simulation against your running application to discover exploitable vulnerabilities
Configuration
DAST scanner setup, authentication configuration, session management, and application scope definition
Crawling
Automatic application mapping: endpoints, forms, APIs, dynamic routes, and navigation flows
Active Scanning
Sending malicious payloads against the running application: injections, XSS, authentication bypass
Detection
Identification of exploitable runtime vulnerabilities: anomalous responses, security errors, leaks
Validation
Manual verification of findings, elimination of false positives, and confirmation of real exploitability
Reporting
Technical report with reproducible PoCs, exploitation evidence, and prioritized remediation plan
Scope
Applications and Systems Assessed
We perform dynamic analysis on multiple types of applications and environments to ensure complete coverage.
Web Applications
Complete analysis of web applications including SPAs, traditional sites and enterprise applications
- Authentication and authorization
- Session management
- Injections (SQL, XSS, CSRF)
- Business logic
REST/GraphQL APIs
Specialized testing on modern APIs evaluating endpoints, authentication, authorization and data validation
- API Authentication (OAuth, JWT)
- Rate limiting and DoS
- Input/output validation
- Role-based authorization
Mobile Backends
Evaluation of backend services supporting iOS and Android mobile applications
- Mobile APIs
- Certificate pinning
- Encrypted communication
- Token management
SaaS Platforms
Analysis of multi-tenant SaaS applications focused on data segregation and access control
- Multi-tenancy security
- Data isolation
- Permission management
- Security configuration
Microservice Architectures
Evaluation of distributed architectures analyzing inter-service communication and internal APIs
- Service-to-service auth
- API gateways
- Service mesh security
- Container endpoints
Progressive Web Apps
Specific analysis of PWAs including service workers, cache and offline functionality
- Service worker security
- Cache management
- Permissions and notifications
- Offline functionality
Comparison
DAST vs Manual Pentesting
Automated DAST
- Broad and repeatable coverage
- CI/CD integration
- Continuous scanning
- Known vulnerability detection
Manual Pentesting
- Complex business logic
- Human context and creativity
- Chained attack chains
- Zero-day vulnerabilities
Deliverables
What You Receive
Complete, actionable documentation with follow-up included.
Complete Technical Report
Exhaustive report of all identified vulnerabilities with evidence, PoCs (Proof of Concept) and CVSS severity level.
Proof of Concepts
Screenshots, HTTP requests/responses and videos demonstrating the exploitation of each critical vulnerability.
Prioritization Matrix
Vulnerability classification by potential impact, exploitation likelihood and remediation ease.
Remediation Recommendations
Step-by-step technical instructions to fix each vulnerability with secure code examples and best practices.
Executive Summary
High-level document for management with key metrics, risk summary and strategic recommendations.
Continuous Analysis Setup
Configuration of automated scans in your pipeline for early detection of new vulnerabilities.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing) analyzes your application while it is running, from the outside like an attacker, without access to source code. SAST analyzes static source code. DAST finds vulnerabilities that only appear at runtime such as configuration issues, business logic and vulnerabilities in running dependencies.
It depends on the size and complexity of the application. A full scan can take from 2-4 hours for small applications to 8-12 hours for complex enterprise applications. We offer faster incremental scans for CI/CD (30-60 minutes).
We perform analyses in staging or pre-production environments, never in production unless specifically requested with precautions. The impact on staging is minimal as we calibrate scan intensity according to the environment's capacity.
Yes, for complete analysis we recommend providing test user credentials. This allows evaluating functionality protected by authentication where the most critical vulnerabilities are usually found. We also perform unauthenticated analysis to evaluate the public attack surface.
Yes, unlike pure automated tools, our DAST analysis includes expert manual testing that identifies business logic flaws such as price manipulation, horizontal privilege escalation, and critical workflow bypasses.
All findings are manually validated by our team of experts. We only report confirmed vulnerabilities with evidence and PoCs. This dramatically minimizes false positives compared to pure automated tools.
Yes, we provide configuration to integrate automated DAST analysis into your pipeline. This includes incremental scans on each staging deployment and quality gates that block deployment if critical vulnerabilities are detected.
We provide a detailed report with prioritization and remediation guides. We also offer Q&A sessions with the development team to explain the vulnerabilities and support during the remediation process with re-testing to validate fixes.
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