Application security automation enables organizations to scale security with development by embedding accurate, validated testing into CI/CD workflows. Invicti’s DAST-first platform delivers proof-based scanning, full-surface visibility, and seamless SDLC integration to reduce risk without slowing down innovation.
Modern software delivery moves fast. With agile teams deploying updates weekly or even daily, application security must keep pace. But manual testing, fragmented workflows, and reactive risk management can’t scale to meet enterprise demands. That’s where application security automation becomes critical.
For organizations managing dozens or hundreds of applications and APIs, automation isn’t just about efficiency—it’s about enabling security to happen everywhere, at the right time, with the right level of confidence. And with Invicti’s DAST-first platform, enterprises get more than automation: they get validated, prioritized security they can act on.
Application security can no longer afford to be reactive. As CI/CD pipelines accelerate delivery, vulnerabilities that go undetected or unresolved can move from dev to production in hours. Without automation, security becomes a bottleneck or, worse, an afterthought.
Done right, automation empowers security teams to:
For enterprise organizations, scaling application security with automation is the only way to ensure consistency, visibility, and real protection across complex environments.
Application security automation refers to the use of tools and processes that automatically detect, validate, prioritize, and manage vulnerabilities in software applications across development, staging, and production environments. This includes:
Automation ensures security checks happen at every stage of the software lifecycle, from the first commit to post-deployment monitoring. It reduces security gaps and supports both shift-left and shield-right strategies.
Automated scanning means security is no longer gated by human availability. Vulnerabilities are surfaced as code is written and deployed, enabling faster fixes and reducing exposure time.
By automating triage, reporting, and handoffs, security teams can focus on risk management, not on chasing false positives. Developers get clear, actionable guidance without context-switching or guesswork.
Automated scanners that flood your backlog with unconfirmed issues create noise, not security. Without validation, teams spend more time sorting alerts than fixing vulnerabilities.
Relying solely on SAST (static application security testing) and other code-level scans misses runtime vulnerabilities, logic flaws, and misconfigured APIs. Effective AppSec automation must also test how apps behave in the real world.
If automated tools constantly disrupt developer workflows with low-quality alerts, adoption will suffer. Tools must deliver precise, prioritized findings, ideally directly within dev environments.
You can automate anything, but automation using bad data or unsuitable tools merely results in noise and extra manual work. When looking into AppSec automation tooling and processes, there are several key capabilities to consider.
Look for tools that plug into your existing pipelines and tools, Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, JIRA, and support bi-directional workflows that empower developers to take ownership of remediation.
In comprehensive enterprise security programs, having SAST for code-level checks and SCA for open source visibility provides a static testing baseline, while dynamic application security testing (DAST) is essential for dynamic testing. Leading tools integrate all these layers into a unified workflow.
Automation is only usable if it’s accurate, which is why DAST plays such an important role. Leading DAST tools use safe, automatic exploit techniques to confirm vulnerabilities, removing uncertainty and reducing noise.
Modern applications are far more than user interfaces—they’re powered by APIs. AppSec automation must be able to scan REST, SOAP, GraphQL, and other API types dynamically, not just at the source code level.
Advanced tools prioritize vulnerabilities based on severity, exploitability, and business impact, not just CVSS scores, helping teams address the most critical risks first.
Invicti leads with DAST and automatically confirms vulnerabilities using safe, non-disruptive exploit attempts. This proof-based scanning delivers results that security and development teams can trust.
Invicti fits naturally into CI/CD workflows with native plugins, API integrations, and custom workflows. You can trigger scans on pull requests, merges, or deployments, and automatically push issues to JIRA, Azure DevOps, or other systems.
Invicti’s automation engine can continuously scan your entire web environment, including modern SPAs, internal and external APIs, and even unknown assets uncovered through OSINT and domain mapping.
In addition to DAST, Invicti incorporates native IAST, dynamic SCA, and API security as well as partner integrations for SAST, static SCA, and container scanning, helping you uncover vulnerabilities in open source components, containers, and configurations, without needing separate tools.
When done right, application security automation reduces risk, accelerates development, and strengthens collaboration across security and engineering. But it only works if it delivers validated, real-world results, not just alerts.
Invicti helps enterprises automate with confidence through proof-based DAST, full-surface visibility, and seamless integration into your SDLC.
Schedule a demo or speak to an expert today to learn how Invicti can help your team scale security without slowing down development.