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Contrast Application Security Testing (AST)

Instrument your applications to detect and resolve security issues from within.

Contrast’s unique approach to security testing improves accuracy and reduces developer disruptions and distractions.

SAST, DAST and SCA started as solutions; now they're the problem.
Your developers and AppSec teams are burning countless hours scanning, validating and prioritizing mountains of vulnerabilities, when the real goal is to eliminate them.

This needlessly complex web of tools has a limited outside-in perspective, leading to:

Vulnerability fatigue
 
Today’s stack of overlapping tools bury teams in piles of theoretical vulnerabilities, driven by too many benign and false positive results.
Pipeline failures and delays
 
Scanning adds complexity to the SDLC and creates long pauses in the pipeline while developers struggle to understand and fix security defects, especially for zero-day vulnerabilities.
Tool sprawl
 
Maintaining separate tools for static, dynamic and third-party security assessments creates unnecessary busy work to operate and tune individual solutions.   

How it works

Contrast uses runtime instrumentation to add security checks into applications and APIs as they load into memory.  These security checks ensure that dangerous functions are used in a secure manner.  If not, developers are notified immediately of any problems with a complete trace recorded directly from the running code.
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Install agent

The Contrast agent instruments your code by integrating directly into the runtime environment. Supported environments include Java, .NET, .NET Core, Node.js, PHP, Python, Go, Scala, Kotlin and more.

 

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Exercise your applications

Once your application is instrumented, you’ll continue development as usual while Contrast works invisibly in the background. Contrast AST continuously assesses your code throughout the SDLC, from initial implementation through every stage of testing and on through to production.

 

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Prioritize and fix vulnerabilities

As vulnerabilities are revealed, development and AppSec teams get real-time alerts and dashboards to help prioritize, along with targeted guidance delivered through the tools they’re already using. Vulnerabilities are continuously retested until they are properly remediated.

 

Case study
Floor & Decor

See how Floor & Decor achieved massive gains in efficiency by using Contrast to test their applications from within.

92% fewer applications with vulnerabilities

88% less time scanning for security issues

94% less time handling major issues 

Turn every test into a security test

Instrument your applications once to find vulnerabilities without the hassle and inaccuracies of scanning.
 
Contrast AST empowers developers to secure their entire application stack with a single solution that continuously detects and prioritizes all vulnerabilities at runtime and provides expert guidance on how to eliminate risks.

Automatically uncover vulnerabilities throughout the SDLC

Harden applications against exploits from the inside

Focus on the security defects that matter and fix them fast

Comply with industry regulations and standards

Part of the Contrast Runtime Security Platform

The Contrast Runtime Security platform is well-recognized as the leader in Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST) — proven technology that directly observes the behavior of applications and APIs at runtime. This “Secure from Within” approach delivers unparalleled visibility, accuracy and protection from attacks against both known and unknown vulnerabilities.

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