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What is Edgescan
Edgescan is a cloud-based vulnerability management platform that combines continuous scanning with penetration testing services to identify and help remediate security issues across internet-facing assets and applications. It is used by security and DevSecOps teams to discover assets, run web and network vulnerability assessments (including DAST-style testing), and track remediation through a centralized workflow. The platform emphasizes attack surface discovery, risk-based prioritization, and reporting suitable for operational and compliance use cases.
Unified scanning and pentest workflow
Edgescan supports continuous vulnerability scanning alongside optional human-led penetration testing delivered through the same platform. This can reduce tool sprawl for teams that otherwise manage separate scanners, ticketing, and pentest report handling. Findings and remediation status can be tracked in one place, which helps with repeat testing and audit evidence.
External attack surface discovery
The product includes capabilities aligned with attack surface management, such as identifying and monitoring internet-exposed assets and services. This is useful for organizations with frequently changing cloud and web footprints where asset inventory is incomplete. It helps security teams focus scanning coverage on what is actually reachable from the internet.
Risk-based remediation support
Edgescan provides prioritization and reporting intended to help teams focus on higher-risk issues rather than treating all findings equally. Centralized dashboards and reporting support ongoing vulnerability management programs and stakeholder communication. This aligns with exposure management practices where remediation sequencing matters as much as detection.
Less API-first testing depth
While Edgescan can assess web applications and exposed services, dedicated API security tools often provide deeper API discovery, schema-based testing, and runtime/API traffic analysis. Organizations with heavy API footprints may need additional API-specific testing and governance capabilities. Coverage for modern API patterns can vary depending on how APIs are exposed and authenticated.
DAST accuracy and tuning needs
As with many DAST and vulnerability scanning approaches, results can require tuning to reduce false positives and to handle complex authentication and application flows. Teams may need time to configure scans, credentials, and exclusions to achieve reliable coverage. Without this tuning, remediation teams can experience alert fatigue or miss issues in protected areas of applications.
Service dependency for pentesting
The penetration testing component depends on scheduling and scope definition, which can introduce lead times compared with fully self-serve automated testing. Organizations seeking on-demand, fully automated validation for every build may find the human-led portion less aligned with rapid CI/CD cycles. Coordinating retests and evidence collection can also require additional process overhead.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Essentials | Custom pricing (contact sales) | 100% validated vulnerability results (no false positives); includes Network Vulnerability Management (NVM); unlimited automated DAST assessments; continuous API discovery; reporting; AI Insights; risk-based prioritization (CVSS, EVSS, EXF); integrations. |
| Professional | Custom pricing (contact sales) | All Essentials features plus Authenticated DAST for deeper testing of session-aware and API-driven environments. |
| Advanced (PTaaS) | Custom pricing (contact sales) | Includes Professional capabilities plus enhanced manual testing/PTaaS, authenticated application penetration testing, expert manual testing by FTE security professionals (OSCP/CREST), unlimited retesting, tailored reporting, API discovery across apps/network/cloud. |
| Host/Server (NVM) | Custom pricing (contact sales) | Continuous validated scanning for internal/external infrastructure (servers, network devices, cloud hosts); detection of missing patches/misconfigurations/CVEs; retesting; integrations. |
| Mobile Application Security Testing (MAST) | Custom pricing (contact sales) | Native iOS/Android testing, forensic analysis, backend API penetration testing; includes unlimited DAST and NVM for hosting infrastructure; certified security professionals. |
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Edgescan
Dublin, Ireland
2012
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