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Rapid7 AppSpider

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What is Rapid7 AppSpider?

AppSpider, from Boston-based Rapid7, is an application security and testing offering based on technology acquired from NT OBJECTives (their similarly named software NTOSpider, acquired with the company during April, 2015).

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Great SAST Tool.

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Randy VarelaView profile
Offensive Security Engineer Lead in Professional Services at ATTI Cyber (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have been using many Rapid 7 products in the long term, we do a lot of vulnerability assessments and analysis and our primary tool is Rapid7 Nexpose and InsightVM. Rapid 7 AppSpider complements our portfolio of services with the capability to allow us to perform web-based security testing in our customer DevOps cycle or directly on the production website with great info an analytics.

Pros

  • OWASP Top 10.
  • Crawling web applications.
  • Web application security testing.

Cons

  • Scan might be slow compared to other tools.
  • Not a lot of training on the vendor side.

Most Important Features

  • OWASP TOP 10
  • Pentesting
  • Authenticated Scan

Return on Investment

  • Great ROI for consultant projects.

Alternatives Considered

Rapid7 InsightVM, Rapid7 Managed Security Services (Rapid7 MDR) and Rapid7 Cybersecurity Advisory Services