What is the role of a Burp Suite scan in the security review process?
Answer
Burp Suite is a Dynamic Application Security Test (DAST) scanner used to scan external endpoints of a solution that are not part of the Salesforce platform. In the AppExchange security review process, it is recommended to use Burp Suite to identify security vulnerabilities in external endpoints. If your solution connects to non-Salesforce domains, you must run a DAST scan, such as Burp Suite, on these external endpoints and include the scan reports in your security review submission.
What is the role of a Burp Suite scan in the security review process?
Recommended Answer Update
Burp Suite is a Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) scanner used to scan external endpoints of a solution that are not part of the Salesforce platform. In the AppExchange security review process, it's recommended to use Burp Suite to identify security vulnerabilities in external endpoints. If your solution connects to non-Salesforce domains, you must run a DAST scan, such as Burp Suite, on these external endpoints and include the scan reports in your security review submission.
Reasoning
The FAQ content is accurate and well-structured. The main improvement is using contractions ('it's' instead of 'it is') to make the tone more conversational and friendly, aligning with the brand guidelines for natural, conversational language. The information about DAST scanning requirements for external endpoints remains complete and accurate. I selected ApexInsecureEndpoint because this rule directly relates to the FAQ's focus on securing external endpoint connections. The FAQ discusses the requirement to scan external endpoints (non-Salesforce domains) with DAST tools like Burp Suite, and the ApexInsecureEndpoint rule specifically targets insecure endpoint usage in Apex code, which would be detected by the type of DAST scanning described in this FAQ.