What this assessment covers.
Between full penetration tests, your applications change — and so does the threat landscape. DERISK’s DAST service runs Dynamic Application Security Testing to automatically detect vulnerabilities in running web applications from the outside in, providing continuous coverage between full assessments.
By interacting with the live application in real time, DAST uncovers issues such as injection flaws, broken authentication, misconfigurations, and exposed sensitive data. All automated findings are validated by DERISK security experts before they reach you, ensuring zero false positives and complementing manual testing with continuous automated coverage.
How we test.
A structured, expert-led methodology from initial reconnaissance through to real-time reporting and remediation guidance.
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Application Discovery & Crawling
We crawl your live application to map every page, form, and parameter, ensuring the scanner covers the full application surface.
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Automated Vulnerability Scanning
Our DAST engine interacts with the running application in real time, sending crafted inputs to detect injection flaws, broken authentication, and misconfigurations.
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Authentication & Session Analysis
We test login flows, session tokens, and access controls to ensure authenticated areas can’t be bypassed or hijacked.
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Configuration & Exposure Checks
We inspect HTTP headers, TLS settings, security headers, and error handling to identify misconfigurations that could leak information or weaken security.
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Continuous scanning scheduled through the DERISK PTaaS portal
Scans run on a recurring schedule or on-demand, so new vulnerabilities are caught as your application changes between full penetration tests.
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Triaged findings published with remediation guidance
All automated findings are validated by DERISK experts to eliminate false positives, then published to the PTaaS portal with clear remediation guidance.
Why teams choose us.
Expert-led, manually validated, and delivered through the DERISK PTaaS platform for continuous visibility and rapid remediation.
Outstanding Features
- ✓Automated, continuous scanning of live web applications without requiring source code access
- ✓Findings correlated with manual pentest results on the DERISK PTaaS platform for unified tracking
- ✓Expert-validated results with zero false positives
- ✓Scheduled and on-demand scanning options
Why Choose Our Service?
- ▸Always-on coverage: Detect new vulnerabilities between full penetration tests as applications evolve
- ▸Reduced blind spots: Combine automated breadth with expert-led depth for comprehensive testing
- ▸Fast feedback: Scan results are published to the platform quickly, enabling rapid remediation
- ▸Zero false positives: All automated findings are validated by DERISK security experts before they reach you
Frameworks & standards.
Testing is aligned with industry-recognised frameworks and standards to ensure comprehensive, repeatable coverage.
What you receive.
Everything you need to understand, prioritise, and remediate findings — delivered through the platform with ongoing validation.
DAST questions.
How is your DAST different from running a scanner ourselves?
The scanning is the easy part. DERISK triages every result manually, discards the false positives and ranks what remains by real exploitability and business impact, so your developers act on findings instead of arguing with them.
Can DAST run against production?
Yes, with scan intensity, timing and excluded paths agreed in advance. Many clients run DAST continuously against production and reserve deeper manual testing for scheduled engagements.
Does this integrate with our CI/CD pipeline?
Findings flow into the DERISK platform and out to Jira and Slack, so issues reach the owning team in the tools they already use rather than in an email attachment.
Does DAST replace penetration testing?
No. DAST gives you breadth and frequency; manual penetration testing gives you depth and business-logic coverage. Together they are continuous assurance — alone, each leaves a gap.
Often scoped together.
Web App Pentest
Identify vulnerabilities in your web applications before attackers do.
Vulnerability Assessment
Systematic scanning to identify and prioritise known weaknesses.
API Pentest
Expose and fix vulnerabilities across your API endpoints.
Source Code Review
Catch vulnerabilities early in the development lifecycle.
Ready to secure your assets with DAST?
Get in touch with DERISK to schedule an assessment or learn more about how our expert-led testing can strengthen your security posture.
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