CM Scorecard Recommendation - Secure:Dynamic Analysis FY22-Q3 - Refine the DAST documentation to make the basic configuration requirements easier to find and follow

Recommendation based on CM Scorecard: #1560 (closed)

Recommendation:

💡 Refine the DAST documentation to make the basic configuration requirements and steps easier to find and follow

Of the 7 participants that referenced the DAST documentation, 5 (71%) mentioned having trouble and/or displayed difficulty finding information relevant to their situation. Most feedback is focused on the difficulty of trying to find and understand the basic requirements needed to enable DAST. It wasn’t clear how to get started with DAST.

Related research insights:

• It took a while for participants to find documentation relevant to their situation
• Configuring DAST directly in the CI file required multiple changes/commits