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Anonymous User
Technical support provided protocol-specific documentation to prove that some positives were not false.
A security assurance engineer was able to perform due diligence across all network-facing protocols. My prior organization designed, developed and... Read more →
Omar Sánchez (Mr.Tech)
It's buggy and seems to try to do too many things, but having this on a USB drive has been valuable.
We've been able to do lots of tests and have gotten lots of useful results.
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    Also Known As
    Defensics, Codenomicon Defensics
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    Overview

    Defensics® fuzz testing is a comprehensive, powerful, and automated black box solution that enables organizations to effectively and efficiently discover and remediate security weaknesses in software. By taking a systematic and intelligent approach to negative testing, Defensics allows organizations to ensure software security without compromising on product innovation, increasing time to market, or inflating operational costs.

    w3af is a Web Application Attack and Audit Framework. The project's goal is to create a framework to help you secure your web applications by finding and exploiting all web application vulnerabilities. Our framework is proudly developed using Python to be easy to use and extend, and licensed under GPLv2.0.
    Sample Customers
    Coriant, CERT-FI, Next Generation Networks
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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company22%
    Manufacturing Company17%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    University5%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Media Company11%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise72%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise61%

    Synopsys Defensics is ranked 5th in Fuzz Testing Tools while w3af is ranked 41st in Application Security Tools. Synopsys Defensics is rated 8.6, while w3af is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Synopsys Defensics writes "Technical support provided protocol-specific documentation to prove that some positives were not false". On the other hand, the top reviewer of w3af writes "It's buggy and seems to try to do too many things, but having this on a USB drive has been valuable". Synopsys Defensics is most compared with SonarQube, Snyk, Fortify on Demand, Invicti and HCL AppScan, whereas w3af is most compared with Acunetix.

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