---
id: 8020
title: "The Power of Instrumentation to Automate Components of Vulnerability Testing – from the Creator of IAST"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive-blog/application-pentesting/the-power-of-instrumentation-to-automate-components-of-vulnerability-testing-from-the-creator-of-iast/"
published_at: "2020-11-17T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["owasp", "application-security", "iast", "instrumentation", "podcast", "contrast-security"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8020"
lang: en
---

# The Power of Instrumentation to Automate Components of Vulnerability Testing – from the Creator of IAST

## Summary

Contrast Security CTO and IAST creator Jeff Williams discusses how instrumentation automates vulnerability testing, his OWASP roots, and communicating findings with business risk context.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2020-11-17T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive-blog/application-pentesting/the-power-of-instrumentation-to-automate-components-of-vulnerability-testing-from-the-creator-of-iast/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8020