Cloud Security DevOps and SRE

Continuous Security Testing: DAST and SAST Integration

January 11, 2026

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) analyzes source code, while Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) tests running applications. Combining both provides comprehensive security coverage.

SAST with Semgrep

# Run Semgrep
semgrep --config auto --json -o results.json .

# GitHub Action
- uses: returntocorp/semgrep-action@v1
  with:
    config: p/default p/security-audit

DAST with OWASP ZAP

# ZAP baseline scan
docker run -t owasp/zap2docker-stable zap-baseline.py \
  -t https://myapp.com -r report.html

# Full scan
docker run -t owasp/zap2docker-stable zap-full-scan.py \
  -t https://myapp.com -r report.html

CI/CD Integration

security-test:
  stage: test
  script:
    - semgrep --config auto --error
    - zap-baseline.py -t $APP_URL

Run SAST on every commit and DAST against staging environments before production deployment.

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