Case Study: Global Software Company achieves automated, high-accuracy API security and faster fixes with Acunetix (AcuSensor)

Global Software Leader - Customer Case Study

Global Software Company, a global software leader with over 100,000 employees, faced the challenge of securing mission-critical web applications, many built as microservices and APIs, across a very complex, custom environment. Their existing web application security tools were not sufficiently precise for early SDLC scanning, so they engaged Acunetix to evaluate and deploy AcuSensor IAST alongside Acunetix’s scanning platform to automate API testing in CI/CD.

Acunetix implemented a CI/CD-integrated solution using Docker/Kubernetes images that include acusensor.jar and aspectweaver.jar, ten predefined test targets (nine fixed URLs and one proxy-based dynamic target), and Jenkins pipelines that update Acunetix targets via the Acunetix API with Swagger definitions and custom headers. Jenkins runs Acunetix + AcuSensor scans, extracts results, and creates Jira tickets (criteria: Acunetix confidence 100 or CVSS ≥ 7) while detailed Acunetix logs feed the company’s centralized vulnerability management. The deployment improved scan accuracy and developer productivity by delivering line-level findings and proof-of-exploit for faster remediation, and gave the customer flexible API-driven integration without using the Acunetix UI.