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Dynamic Code Analysis using Owasp zap tool Dynamic analysis is the testing and evaluation of a program by executing data in real-time. The objective is to find security errors in a program while it is running. Owasp zap dynamic analysis testing empowers companies to identify and re-mediate security issues in their running web applications before hackers can exploit them. By dynamically testing web applications in a run-time environment, Owasp zap inspects applications the same way a hacker would attack them – providing the most accurate and actionable vulnerability detection available. Dynamic code analysis advantages: It identifies vulnerabilities in a run time environment. Automated tools provide flexibility on what to scan for. It allows for analysis of applications in which you do not have access to the actual code. It identifies vulnerabilities that might have been false negatives in the static code analysis. It permits you to validate static code analysis find...

Static Code Analysis Static Code Analysis (also known as Source Code Analysis) is usually performed as part of a Code Review (also known as white-box testing) and is carried out at the Implementation phase of a Security Development Life-cycle (SDLc). Static Code Analysis commonly refers to the running of Static Code Analysis tools that attempt to highlight possible vulnerabilities within 'static' (non-running) source code by using techniques such as Taint Analysis and Data Flow Analysis. Ideally, such tools would automatically find security flaws with a high degree of confidence that what is found is indeed a flaw. However, this is beyond the state of the art for many types of application security flaws. Thus, such tools frequently serve as aids for an analyst to help them zero in on security relevant portions of code so they can find flaws more efficiently, rather than a tool that simply finds flaws automatically. Some tools are starting to move into the Integrate...