Case studies: ScanRepeat
Web application vulnerability scanner
ScanRepeat is an advanced web application security scanner that provides continuous auditing. The service is designed for SaaS and eCommerce applications, with full support for complex cloud systems. ScanRepeat is offered as a subscription service in the SaaS model.
ScanRepeat is a web application security scanner for SaaS built with Openkoda
- Automated security testing and auditing
- Multi-tenant architecture
- Analytical dashboard
- Advanced integrations
- Continuously updated database of security tests
- Seamless configuration
Problem
The market for web application security tools is crowded with a plethora of generic solutions.
The ambitious objective of the ScanRepeat founding team was to create a service that specifically assists other SaaS companies and ecommerce businesses in mitigating the increasing cybersecurity threats.
The product roadmap includes the following key features:
- Automated security testing of a web application with no code changes required.
- Automated security audits: receive descriptive reports from security scans that can be scheduled to run on-demand, daily, weekly, or monthly.
- Continuously updated security tests database: the database of security tests is frequently updated with the latest findings.
- Seamless configuration: effortlessly configure your first scan project with no code changes.
- Scan as logged in: scanning behind the login to follow the path of registered users.
- Detect leakage of CCPA/GDPR sensitive user data: automatically identify sensitive data on your website.
- Personal user data: identify personal names, document ID numbers, and email addresses that may be exposed by mistake or external attack.
- Support your development team: release new features without compromising security.
- Bank account and credit card details: report any occurrences of bank account numbers or credit card information found in your web application.
- Internal or outsourced development team? Support them with regular security scan reports. Run on-demand scans when needed.
- Integrations with Slack and Microsoft Teams: instant notifications of security scan completion to Slack and Microsoft Teams, so your team is up-to-date on the latest results.
- Integrations with GitHub, Jira, Basecamp, and Trello: automatically create security tasks with security scan reports in GitHub, Jira, Basecamp, and Trello.
- Advanced API to programmatically initiate security scans and download scan reports. Easily integrate with your custom continuous integration workflow.
Solution
The ScanRepeat development team, which consists of three core developers, integrated the internal web security scanners with the Openkoda platform.
The high-level development task breakdown included the following:
- Integrating internal web security scanners
- Applying ScanRepeat look and feel to the generic Openkoda dashboard template
- Enabling ready-to-use Openkoda integration with the Stripe payment system already available in Openkoda
- Enabling ready-to-use authentication methods with third-party authentication providers like Google, Salesforce, and LinkedIn.
- Extending the dashboard with custom visual widgets displaying scan results
- Applying ScanRepeat branding and copy to public pages
- Enabling ready-to-use Openkoda integrations with Slack and Microsoft Teams to distribute notifications about scan completion events
- Enabling ready-to-use Openkoda with GitHub, Jira, Basecamp, and Trello to automatically create tasks for development teams to review the newest security scan reports
- Enabling ready-to-use authentication methods with third-party authentication providers like Google, Salesforce, and LinkedIn.
Effect
The ScanRepeat team was able to deliver a fully functional and enterprise-ready SaaS application within a few months, allowing them to start collecting feedback from the first users without appearing unfinished.
Many users praised the comprehensive set of administration features in ScanRepeat, making it easy to implement in larger organizations.
The numerous integrations also enabled client organizations to more extensively adopt the ScanRepeat system within their development teams, incorporating ScanRepeat scans and reports into their daily workflows.
The ScanRepeat application is currently in production and being actively developed.
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