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How Escape DAST helped Sigma Computing achieve complete GraphQL API endpoint coverage

Sigma Computing needed GraphQL-native DAST, not a REST crawler with GraphQL bolted on. Here's how they got full endpoint coverage and slashed their triage time with Escape.

DAST

Best AI DAST tools in 2026: ranked, compared, and reviewed for enterprise security teams

Every DAST vendor put "AI" on the homepage this year. The word now means ten different things to different tools, and even when discussing with analysts, they mention they give an "AI" badge when a certain capability checks the box. This is our attempt to fix

DAST

How Escape DAST Bypassed Immich's Locked Folder By Finding a Missing Default

How the Escape DAST uncovered a missing default that lets any Immich user read locked-folder photos without the PIN.

Application Security

DAST Tools: Complete Buyer's Guide & Top 10 Solutions in 2026

Compare the best DAST tools in 2026. Our quick buyer's guide covers 10 dynamic application security testing solutions, key features, pricing & how to choose the right one.

API Security

Burp Suite Alternatives: The Complete 2026 Comparison between Escape and Burp Suite

Escape is the leading Burp Suite alternative for modern application security teams. Unlike Burp Suite, Escape automates business logic testing (IDORs, SSRFs, access control flaws), ensures faster scanning with fewer false positives, and provides remediation code snippets.

Application Security

How to Implement Multi-User Testing in DAST: Real-World Examples

Discover how to test for multi-user vulnerabilities. Four real-world examples of tenant isolation, consolidated testing, and privilege escalation.

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Top 11 DAST tools for DevSecOps in 2026: APIs, CI/CD & business logic

Discover an in-depth overview of the top 11 DAST tools for 2026, reviewed for APIs, SPAs, and CI/CD pipelines. Compare strengths, weaknesses, and key features that matter to AppSec and DevSecOps teams.

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We benchmarked DAST products, and this is what we learned

When we started, we wanted to understand how to validate the quality of Escape's scanner findings and be able to benchmark them. Dynamic application scanning solutions are notorious for not being able to scan complex vulnerabilities, specifically the business logic vulnerabilities, and other deficiencies, and even though we

Application Security

How we built Escape DAST's proprietary web application crawling algorithm and what makes it innovative

In this article, we'll show how we created our web application crawling algorithm to ensure complete testing coverage for modern applications.

Product updates

Our Latest Product Updates: API Lifecycle Graph and Others

In addition to our bi-directional Integration with Wiz, we have more product updates for you this month!

Application Security

How to build a strong business case for replacing legacy DAST with a modern solution - a practical guide

Legacy DAST tools have long been a component in product security programs, but many have become outdated today. Traditional DAST tools were built for yesterday’s web, often providing only basic web scan results and struggling with modern languages like GraphQL or React JS . They tend to be slow, noisy,

Competitor Comparison

Escape DAST vs Snyk DAST (Probely): Complete Comparison 2025

Discover the differences between these tools for Application Discovery and DAST.

DAST

What is wrong with the current state of DAST? Feedback from my conversations with AppSec engineers

And a deep dive into how the state of DAST is changing.

API Security

The Elephant in AppSec Talks Highlight: Reinventing API Security

Highlights from Escape's talks at The Elephant in AppSec Conference on the challenges of API security and how Escape is overcoming these

API Security

Reinventing API security: Why Escape is better than traditional DAST tools

We have been doing API Security wrong. Discover how the limitations of DAST API security tools might impact your security and why Escape's technology is the best way to protect your APIs.

API Security

DAST is dead, why Business Logic Security Testing takes center stage

“DAST is dead” - that’s the phrase that appears every year on social media and in cybersecurity newsletters. But what if in 2024, it finally came true? DAST, Dynamic Application Security Testing (even though we see a new terminology “Dynamic API Security Testing” popping up here and there within

Product updates

DAST Scanner: New features and improvements

We are excited to announce the updates to our DAST scanner, helping you achieve improved performance and obtain better results when testing your APIs.