Automating dynamic application security testing (DAST) in your CI/CD pipelines helps to catch exploitable vulnerabilities early without slowing delivery. Use proof-based scanning and developer-focused workflows to streamline remediation and keep security aligned with agile development.
In fast-moving DevOps environments, teams often face a trade-off between meeting deadlines and managing risk. Manual testing or late-stage security reviews can slow down delivery and leave vulnerabilities undiscovered until late in the process.
Automating dynamic application security testing (DAST) in CI/CD pipelines helps by:
Rather than treating security as an extra stage, automated DAST makes it part of the quality process.
One of the main challenges with security tools is the volume of false positives. Invicti’s proof-based scanning validates vulnerabilities with safe, automated checks, so teams can focus on actual threats rather than wasting hours on manual triage.
Automated DAST can run at multiple points in the pipeline—from pull request validation to pre-release scans—without slowing down releases. This means you can:
This allows security testing to scale with agile delivery practices.
Security fixes stick when they’re easy to find, understand, and apply. That’s why Invicti can deliver verified vulnerabilities directly into the tools developers already use every day, such as Jira, GitHub Issues, GitLab, or Azure DevOps. This approach removes the friction of switching between security dashboards and dev workflows.
Each issue is enriched with the context developers need to move from detection to resolution quickly, such as:
search.php
line 214” or “SQL injection in productID
parameter of /api/items
endpoint.” Such precision cuts down on guesswork when reproducing and addressing the bug.When results are fed into existing sprint boards or kanban flows via workflow integrations, developers see security issues side-by-side with their regular feature and bug work. This cuts down on email chains, “can’t reproduce” comments, and back-and-forth between security and engineering.
Over time, all this leads to:
Not all DAST solutions are designed with CI/CD in mind. When evaluating options, prioritize tools that offer:
Static tools like SAST and SCA excel at scanning source code and dependencies for potential weaknesses, but their results are inherently theoretical. They can flag suspicious code patterns or vulnerable libraries but cannot confirm if those weaknesses are actually exploitable in your deployed application. This often leaves teams with a long list of “possible” issues and no clear sense of which ones truly put the business at risk.
DAST flips the perspective. Instead of analyzing code in isolation, it takes the attacker’s view, interacting with the running application in its real environment. It simulates how an adversary would probe, manipulate, and exploit application behavior to uncover vulnerabilities that exist in practice, not just on paper.
With proof-based scanning, Invicti can automatically confirm exploitability for many common vulnerability classes, resulting in:
By prioritizing runtime behavior over static indicators, a DAST-first approach ensures you’re not just generating vulnerability backlogs but actually addressing the issues that matter most. This creates a pipeline where security keeps pace with delivery without sacrificing accuracy or developer trust.
Integrating DAST into CI/CD pipelines turns application security into a continuous process rather than a bottleneck. By validating vulnerabilities with proof, delivering results directly into developer workflows, and scaling with agile practices, organizations can:
Invicti’s DAST-first approach ensures security keeps pace with innovation by focusing on exploitable vulnerabilities that attackers could actually use.