How do you explain SAST to your CFO in plain terms?
SAST is a spell checker for security flaws in code, run before release. Here is the CFO version: what it costs you, what it misses, and how to judge a buy.
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SAST is a spell checker for security flaws in code, run before release. Here is the CFO version: what it costs you, what it misses, and how to judge a buy.
IaC scanning is a spell check for cloud blueprints, run before anything is built. Explain its cost, value and limits to finance without invented numbers.
DAST tests your running web app from the outside, the way an attacker would. Here is a plain way to explain what it buys, what it misses and what it costs.
A plain language case for container scanning: what it checks, what it costs to skip, what to measure, and how to say no to features you will not use.
ASPM pulls scanner results into one ranked list so engineers fix what matters first. Use this plain script, buyer criteria and honest limits for finance.
Describe API testing as checking every door your business exposes before someone else does. Tie cost to risk, state its limits and ask for one decision.
Seed a test repo with known mistakes, score each scanner on catches, noise and fixes over two weeks, and test the data path. Includes a score sheet.
Test an ASPM tool on your own repositories with a fixed scorecard: coverage, deduplication, prioritization, fixes and evidence. Here is a four week plan.
Run the trial against your own staging API with two users and known flaws. Score auth coverage, false positives, spec handling and CI fit. A two week plan.
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