
Shift-Left DAST & AppSec Intelligence Platform
StackHawk offers a shift-left DAST platform focused on helping development teams identify and fix application security vulnerabilities before production deployment. The platform differentiates itself through CI/CD-native integration, automatic API discovery, and developer-friendly remediation guidance designed to keep pace with modern, AI-accelerated development workflows.

StackHawk is a Denver-based application security company that provides a comprehensive runtime application and API security testing platform. The company specializes in helping development and security teams discover their complete API attack surface, identify and remediate security vulnerabilities before they reach production, and continuously monitor application security risk through CI/CD-native Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST). The platform is designed to bridge the gap between security and development teams by integrating directly into existing development workflows. StackHawk enables automated security testing within CI/CD pipelines, providing developers with fast feedback and AI-generated remediation guidance while code context is still fresh. The solution supports modern technology stacks including REST APIs, GraphQL, gRPC, and LLM applications, with features for detecting sensitive data handling and complex business logic flaws. StackHawk positions itself as an AppSec Intelligence platform built for the AI era, addressing the challenge of AI-powered development creating attack surfaces faster than traditional security tools can track. The company serves notable customers across various industries and integrates with popular development tools including GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Jira, Semgrep, Snyk, and AWS.