Manager Sec Ops at a real estate/law firm with 501-1,000 employees
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Jan 14, 2026
My main use case for StackHawk is primarily as a PCI requirement for DAST. As a quick specific example of how I use StackHawk for that PCI requirement, it is one of the controls that sits alongside the requirement to have SAST. I deployed StackHawk and Snyk because those two products were easily integrated and therefore providing a unified view of vulnerabilities that existed either during the CI/CD process or running live.
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Dynamic Application Security Testing is a critical tool for identifying vulnerabilities in running applications. It simulates attacks to detect potential security issues that could be exploited in production environments.DAST analyzes web applications during runtime, actively identifying security weaknesses through simulated attacks without needing access to source code. Leveraging real-time interaction with applications, it offers insights into their behavior and security posture. This...
My main use case for StackHawk is primarily as a PCI requirement for DAST. As a quick specific example of how I use StackHawk for that PCI requirement, it is one of the controls that sits alongside the requirement to have SAST. I deployed StackHawk and Snyk because those two products were easily integrated and therefore providing a unified view of vulnerabilities that existed either during the CI/CD process or running live.