Back to Skills
OWASP ZAP
Since 2010Web application security testing
Web application security testing — automated vulnerability scanning for XSS, SQL injection, and OWASP Top 10.
Overview
OWASP ZAP is my web application security testing tool. I run automated scans against staging environments to detect XSS, SQL injection, CSRF, and other OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities. Integrated into CI/CD for automated security regression testing. I use both passive scanning during development and active scanning before releases.
Use Cases
- Web app security scanning
- OWASP Top 10 detection
- penetration testing
- CI/CD security gates
- API security testing
Advantages
- Free and open source
- comprehensive vulnerability detection
- CI/CD integration
- active community
- API scanning support
Considerations
- Can be slow for full scans
- false positives
- requires tuning for accuracy
- complex configuration for advanced use