Rapid7 InsightAppSec

Rapid7 InsightAppSec is a cloud-delivered Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) solution engineered to discover, analyze, and remediate security vulnerabilities in running web applications, single-page applications (SPAs), and RESTful APIs. Operating from an external black-box perspective, InsightAppSec simulates real-world attacker techniques against staging and production web applications to uncover exploitable vulnerabilities—including SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), cross-site request forgery (CSRF), and authentication bypasses—without requiring access to source code.

The solution features a modern universal crawling engine capable of executing JavaScript, parsing complex HTML5, and navigating modern client-side architectures such as React, Angular, and Vue. Key technical capabilities include automated scanning of OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, automated REST API testing using OpenAPI and Swagger documentation, Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST) correlation via the InsightAppSec agent, automated macro-driven authentication recording for multi-step logins, and developer-friendly remediation guidance with reproducible HTTP requests and attack replays. Findings include detailed attack replays that allow developers to verify vulnerabilities independently without waiting for security engineers.

InsightAppSec integrates natively with Jira, Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, and Rapid7 InsightConnect. Common enterprise use cases include validating web application defenses prior to release, automating continuous dynamic scanning across agile CI/CD pipelines, demonstrating compliance with PCI-DSS requirement 6.5, and securing modern REST APIs against unauthorized business logic manipulation. Rapid7 InsightAppSec delivers exceptional crawl depth, minimal false positives, and seamless integration between software developers and security teams.