Application Security Tools
Application security tools and solutions for securing web applications, mobile apps, and software throughout the development lifecycle.
Browse 738 application security tools
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Web-application vulnerability scanner with extensive coverage of security testing modules.
A command-line utility for examining Objective-C runtime information in Mach-O files and generating class declarations.
A Java based HTTP/HTTPS proxy for assessing web application vulnerability with various useful features.
Using high-quality entropy sources for CSPRNG seeding is crucial for security.
App-Ray offers comprehensive security analysis and compliance solutions for mobile applications.
Terrascan is a static code analyzer that scans Infrastructure as Code for security misconfigurations and compliance violations across multiple cloud platforms and container environments.
cfn-nag is a static analysis tool that scans AWS CloudFormation templates to identify security vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in infrastructure-as-code.
A static code analysis tool for parsing common data formats to detect hardcoded credentials and dangerous functions.
Gitleaks is a SAST tool for detecting and preventing hardcoded secrets in git repos.
DumpsterDiver analyzes large datasets to detect hardcoded secrets, keys, and passwords using entropy calculations and customizable search rules.
ASH is an automated security scanning tool that integrates multiple open-source security scanners to perform preliminary security checks on code, infrastructure, and IAM configurations during development.
Prevents you from committing passwords and other sensitive information to a git repository.
A Python command line tool that scans directories for AWS credentials in files, designed for CI/CD integration to prevent credential exposure in builds.
StaDynA is a system supporting security app analysis in the presence of dynamic code update features.
FSquaDRA detects repackaged Android applications by computing Jaccard similarity over file digests within APK packages using pre-computed signing digests for improved performance.
ZAP is an open-source web application security scanner that helps identify vulnerabilities through automated scanning and manual testing capabilities.
Reverts sha1 integrity back to sha512 in lock files for enhanced security.
A security policy enforcement framework for Android applications that uses bytecode rewriting and in-place reference monitoring to inject security controls into APK files.
MARA is a Mobile Application Reverse engineering and Analysis Framework with various features for testing mobile applications against OWASP mobile security threats.
A dependency security scanner that identifies potential supply chain vulnerabilities by checking for available package namespace registrations across Python, JavaScript, PHP, and Maven repositories.
StaCoAn is a cross-platform tool for static code analysis on mobile applications, emphasizing the identification of security vulnerabilities.
Application Security Specializations
738 tools across 8 specializations · 235 free, 503 commercial
API Security
API security tools and platforms for protecting REST APIs, GraphQL endpoints, and web services from security threats and unauthorized access.
Application Security Posture Management
Application Security and Posture Management platforms that provide visibility into application security posture, risk assessment, and vulnerability management across software portfolios.
Dynamic Application Security Testing
Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) tools for dynamic application security testing that identify vulnerabilities in running web applications and APIs through automated scanning.
Application Security Tools FAQ
Common questions about Application Security tools, selection guides, pricing, and comparisons.
SAST (Static Application Security Testing) analyzes source code without running the application, catching vulnerabilities early in development. DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing) tests running applications by sending requests and analyzing responses, finding runtime vulnerabilities. IAST (Interactive Application Security Testing) combines both by instrumenting the application during testing, providing real-time analysis with lower false positive rates than SAST or DAST alone.
A mature AppSec program typically includes: SAST for code-level vulnerability detection, SCA for open-source dependency risks, DAST for runtime testing, API security for protecting endpoints, secure code training for developers, and ASPM to unify visibility across all these tools. Start with SCA and SAST as they catch the most common vulnerabilities earliest in the development lifecycle.
Shift-left security means integrating security testing earlier in the software development lifecycle, ideally at the coding and CI/CD stages rather than waiting for production deployment. This approach uses tools like SAST, SCA, and IDE security plugins to catch vulnerabilities before they reach production, reducing remediation cost by up to 100x compared to finding issues in production.
SCA focuses specifically on identifying vulnerabilities in third-party libraries, open-source components, and software dependencies your application uses. SAST analyzes your own source code for security flaws. Since modern applications are 70-90% open-source code, SCA is essential for catching vulnerabilities in components you did not write but are responsible for securing.
