Application Security Auditing vs Automated Security Scanning

Developers should learn and apply Application Security Auditing when building or maintaining software, especially for applications handling sensitive data like financial, healthcare, or personal information meets developers should use automated security scanning to integrate security into their devops workflows (devsecops), ensuring continuous security assessment throughout development and deployment. Here's our take.

Application Security Auditing

Nice Pick

Developers should learn and apply Application Security Auditing when building or maintaining software, especially for applications handling sensitive data like financial, healthcare, or personal information

Pros

• It is critical in industries with strict regulatory requirements (e
• Related to: owasp-top-10, static-application-security-testing

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Automated Security Scanning

Developers should use automated security scanning to integrate security into their DevOps workflows (DevSecOps), ensuring continuous security assessment throughout development and deployment

Pros

• It is critical for compliance with standards like OWASP Top 10, PCI-DSS, or GDPR, and for preventing costly breaches in production environments by catching vulnerabilities in code, containers, APIs, or infrastructure as code (IaC)
• Related to: static-application-security-testing, dynamic-application-security-testing

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

These tools serve different purposes. Application Security Auditing is a methodology while Automated Security Scanning is a tool. We picked Application Security Auditing based on overall popularity, but your choice depends on what you're building.

The Bottom Line

Application Security Auditing wins

Based on overall popularity. Application Security Auditing is more widely used, but Automated Security Scanning excels in its own space.