How dynamic application security testing validates risk at runtime
IDC MarketScape names Rapid7 a Leader in its 2026 worldwide DAST vendor assessment.
Rapid7 says the IDC MarketScape Worldwide Dynamic Application Security Testing 2026 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US54119126, September 2026) evaluated 16 vendors and named Rapid7 a Leader. The post describes DAST as runtime evidence for web applications, APIs, and AI-backed apps within Exposure Command, including scoped attacks, telemetry prioritization, browser replay, and Surface Command asset discovery. No specific vulnerability or incident is disclosed.
- IDC MarketScape evaluated 16 DAST vendors and named Rapid7 a Leader.
- Rapid7 positions DAST as runtime validation inside Exposure Command.
- Cited features include scoped attacks, browser replay, and Surface Command.
- Vendors
- Rapid7
- Products
- Exposure CommandSurface Command
- Organizations
- IDC
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Security teams already have long queues of potential application vulnerabilities. The useful question is what happens next: can they see how a weakness behaves in a running application, reproduce the attack, and give developers enough evidence to fix it? Dynamic application security testing (DAST) helps answer those questions by testing applications as an attacker encounters them.
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