Common Questions About Staris
How Staris works, what it finds, and how teams use it.
How is Staris different from scanners, SAST, and code review tools?
Scanners, SAST tools, and code review products identify potential vulnerabilities or risky patterns in code. Staris validates whether vulnerabilities are actually exploitable in the running application. That is why Staris helps teams reduce false positives, prioritize real attacker paths, and move from possible findings to validated risk.
Who is Staris built for?
Staris is built for software companies that ship frequently, expose APIs or customer-facing applications, and need provable security validation without relying entirely on manual pentesting. It is especially well suited for ISVs and product teams that have outgrown scanner-heavy workflows.
Which Staris plan is right for my team?
Professional is designed for teams starting release-aligned validation on a single application. Continuous is designed for teams integrating validation into the SDLC across multiple applications. Enterprise is designed for organizations scaling governed validation across larger and more complex environments.
How often does Staris validate applications?
Staris is typically used on a release-aligned cadence, such as monthly validation or validation before major releases. The goal is not nonstop scanning. The goal is continuous security validation at the pace your team ships software.
What does continuous, provable validation mean?
Continuous, provable validation means security testing that runs on a recurring, release-aligned basis and produces validated evidence of exploitability. Instead of relying on point-in-time pentesting or large volumes of scanner findings, teams use Staris to continuously prove which vulnerabilities actually matter.
Can I limit what Staris tests?
Yes you have complete control over the scope and actions Staris takes ensuring it never performs an action against your environment you didn't approve.
Does Staris have access to our source code?
Staris analyzes application code and behavior to validate exploitability, but deployment options allow organizations to retain full control of their source code and infrastructure. Staris can run within customer-controlled environments, ensuring sensitive data remains secure and isolated.
Does Staris train AI models on customer data?
No. Staris does not train its models on customer application code or sensitive data. Staris analyzes applications solely to validate security and provide remediation guidance, and customer data remains isolated within the deployment environment.
Can Staris run in private or isolated environments?
Yes. Staris supports deployment in private VPC and fully self-hosted environments, allowing organizations with strict security and compliance requirements to run Staris entirely within their own infrastructure.
Does Staris replace SAST and DAST?
Staris complements or replaces traditional SAST and DAST tools by validating vulnerabilities in business context and confirming exploitability. This reduces false positives and improves remediation prioritization.
How is Staris different from vulnerability scanners?
Traditional scanners generate potential vulnerabilities without validating exploitability. Staris confirms real risk by proving exploitability and providing precise remediation guidance, eliminating false positives.
What does Staris replace?
Staris replaces traditional penetration testing, vulnerability scanners, and manual validation workflows by continuously discovering and proving real exploitable vulnerabilities using AI-driven analysis.
What does verified vulnerabilities mean?
Verified vulnerabilities are security issues Staris has successfully exploited, eliminating false positives and ensuring real-world risk relevance.
How do the Professional, Continuous, and Enterprise plans differ?
Professional is designed for teams starting release-aligned validation on a single application. Continuous is designed for teams integrating validation into the SDLC across multiple applications. Enterprise is designed for organizations scaling governed validation across larger and more complex environments.
What types of vulnerabilities does Staris find?
Staris identifies exploitable vulnerabilities including authentication flaws, authorization bypasses, business logic weaknesses, and complex multi-step attack paths that traditional scanners cannot detect.
Who typically uses Staris?
Staris is used by application security leaders, product security teams, and engineering organizations that need continuous security validation without slowing development velocity.
What kind of remediation guidance does Staris provide?
Staris provides actionable remediation guidance mapped directly to the exploited vulnerability, including root cause, impact, and code-level recommendations.
What is Staris AI?
Staris is a continuous application security validation platform that proves which vulnerabilities are actually exploitable in running applications. Staris replaces scanner noise and point-in-time pentesting with continuous, provable security validation.
Is Staris suitable for teams that release frequently?
Yes. Staris is built for teams that ship frequently and need security validation aligned with their release cadence.
How often can Staris run tests?
Staris can run on-demand or continuously, depending on your plan and integration configuration. Most customers execute a test for each release cycle.
Is Staris AI secure?
Yes. Staris follows modern security best practices, supports private deployments, does not train on any customer data, and never exposes customer data outside authorized environments.
How is Staris deployed?
Staris supports secure deployment models designed for software teams with modern security requirements, including customer-controlled environments and more advanced deployment options for larger organizations. Deployment model and integration depth vary by plan.
How does Staris differ from traditional penetration testing?
Staris AI provides continuous security validation through verified exploitation and contextual remediation guidance.
Does Staris support RBAC and SSO?
Yes. Staris supports role-based access control (RBAC) and single sign-on (SSO) in Premium and Enterprise plans.
Can I customize Staris AI?
Yes. Staris AI is highly customizable. You can configure test methodology, validation frequency, authentication flows, RBAC policies, and deployment models (SaaS or private VPC) to match your application architecture and security requirements.
How does Staris AI work?
Staris AI simulates real attacker behavior against your application, executes controlled exploits, and confirms only real, exploitable vulnerabilities with contextual remediation guidance.
Does Staris integrate with CI CD pipelines?
Yes. Staris integrates directly with CI/CD pipelines so security validation can run automatically as part of your software delivery lifecycle.