OWASP ZAP
Open-source web application security scanner
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About OWASP ZAP
OWASP ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy) is one of the world's most popular free security tools and is actively maintained by a dedicated international team of volunteers. It can help automatically find security vulnerabilities in web applications while developing and testing.
Key Features
- Automated security vulnerability scanning
- Manual testing tools and proxy
- Web spidering and passive scanning
- Active scanning with attack simulation
- API security testing
- Authentication and session management testing
- Extensible through add-ons and scripts
- Integration with CI/CD pipelines
Use Cases
- Web application security testing
- Penetration testing and ethical hacking
- DevSecOps pipeline integration
- API security assessment
- Security training and education
- Compliance and audit preparation
- Bug bounty and vulnerability research
- Security regression testing
OWASP ZAP alternatives
- Burp Suite
- Nessus
- Acunetix
- Qualys
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Tags
- web-security
- penetration-testing
- vulnerability-scanner
- owasp
- security-testing