Case Study: Industrial Automation Company achieves shift-left security — faster scans and improved coverage — with StackHawk

Industrial Automation Company Shifts-Left From Legacy DAST to Modern API Security

Industrial Automation Company struggled with a legacy DAST provider that delivered only 10–12% application coverage, slow scans, poor integration with development workflows, and frequent release delays. Seeking a shift-left approach to give developers fast, actionable security feedback, they selected StackHawk’s modern DAST solution to integrate security earlier in their CI/CD process.

StackHawk implemented fast, pre-production scans with deep integrations (including JIRA), enabling developers—who push code at least 15 times a day—to get real-time, contextual results and validate fixes before release. The change closed major coverage gaps, accelerated feedback loops, reduced handoffs between teams, and has driven broader enterprise adoption of StackHawk, improving overall application security and developer efficiency.