Burp Suite DAST vs SecuDAST

Burp Suite DAST is an automated dynamic scanner for web vulnerabilities, built on the scanning engine used in Burp Suite Professional. Its Chromium-based crawler can handle JavaScript single-page applications, dynamic forms, GraphQL endpoints, and asynchronous loads, while crawling and auditing can run in parallel. Session-aware scans maintain authenticated state using username-password pairs or recorded login sequences. The scanner covers APIs described by Postman Collections, OpenAPI, SOAP, and GraphQL, with native support for several authentication methods. Teams can schedule portfolio scans from a dashboard or run them in CI pipelines, including on pull requests and merges. Deployment options include managed cloud and self-hosted software for Windows and Linux, plus Helm deployment for Kubernetes; self-hosted deployments can operate in air-gapped environments. Access controls include role-based permissions, site groups, audit trails, SAML single sign-on, and group-locked scan policies. Findings include captured requests and confirming responses. Pricing depends on the portfolio and requires contacting PortSwigger; a guided proof-of-concept trial follows a tailored demo and discovery call.

SecuDAST is a self-hosted dynamic application security testing engine for running applications inside a customer’s network. It scans authenticated flows, APIs, single-page applications, and traditional form-based sites, including internal, staging, and pre-production targets reachable from that network. The engine runs beside applications without cloud scanning infrastructure or sending traffic outside the network. Scans start in safe mode, avoiding destructive payloads and rate-limiting probes; teams can enable more aggressive checks and exclude paths. Every finding includes the request and response that demonstrated it, and results flow to the SecuNexa dashboard with evidence and standard reports for pipelines and ticketing. Scoped, repeatable profiles support CI stages and nightly schedules, with named integrations for GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and self-hosted runners. The dashboard offers seven project-scoped roles, immutable audit logging, local accounts, MFA, and optional LDAP or SSO. SecuNexa says engines run offline, do not phone home, and receive vulnerability data through signed offline bundles. Pricing is on request.