---
id: 6511
title: "Finding vulnerabilities at every stage: what to run, and when"
source_domain: aikido.dev
source_url: "https://www.aikido.dev/blog/which-security-tool-do-you-need"
published_at: "2026-08-12T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["ai-security", "pentesting", "devsecops", "sast", "application-security", "vulnerability-detection", "code-security"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6511"
lang: en
---

# Finding vulnerabilities at every stage: what to run, and when

## Summary

Aikido maps four complementary ways to find vulnerabilities — traditional SAST, deep PR review, AI code analysis and AI pentesting — explaining what each catches and where it fits in the lifecycle.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** aikido.dev
- **Published:** 2026-08-12T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.aikido.dev/blog/which-security-tool-do-you-need
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6511