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NWC's Rolling Reviews present a comprehensive look at a hot technology category, beginning with market analysis and wrapping up with a synopsis of our findings. Our extended testing span lets us accommodate today's accelerated revision cycles and focus our attention on individual products, while maintaining a consistent test bed.

Ajax-capable app scanners are currently under test at our Real-World Labs® at the University of Florida. We're assessing general reliability; advanced features; ease of use for nonsecurity personnel; ability to map and scan Ajax functionality; prevalence of false positives, as well as ease in manual adjustments or product updates to address them; prevalence of false-negatives; and price. SAAS offerings will also be evaluated, though not on ease of use and advanced features.

Web Applications Scanners

Introduction: Strategic Security: Web Applications Scanners

As applications evolve, new vulnerabilities emerge. For this Rolling Review series we'll examine how Web application scanners help address the security weaknesses found in RIAs in general, and Ajax in particular.

SPI Dynamics WebInspect

We continue our ongoing reivew Web application scanners with a look at WebInspect. The product wowed us with its interface and extras but had a hard time with our test app. Is this an isolated problem, or is the entire product category behind the times?

Cenzic's Hailstorm Enterprise Application Risk Controller

We continue our ongoing review of Web application scanners with a look at Cenzic Hailstorm. While it performed relatively well, Cenzic's ARC Web Interface could use some gussying up.

N-Stalker Seeks, Doesn't Find

In the third installment of this Rolling Review, we found that not all scanners are created equal.

WatchFire AppScan

NEW 10/05/2007
AppScan was the only product in this Rolling Review to handle Ajax, and it did it without the gotchas that plagued rivals. Now that's hot.

Acunetix Finishes Strong

NEW 10/05/2007
The final entry in our Web application scanner review easily makes our short list.

Wrap-up: Web Application Scanners

NEW 10/05/2007
We hoped to find a range of Web app scanners that could automatically scour our Ajax code. No such luck—only one met that goal. To stay safe, plan on doing some manual labor, or hiring help .

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