Alternatives to Lasso Security for On-demand executive snapshot

The on-demand executive snapshot is designed for stakeholders who need a fast, high-level security posture without deep technical involvement. middleBrick supports this workflow by submitting a single URL and returning a risk grade from A to F along with prioritized findings. Scan duration is under one minute, and the scope is limited to read-only methods such as GET and HEAD, with text-only POST for LLM probe testing. This approach suits periodic reviews, pre-partner assessments, and quick checks before public releases.

middleBrick maps findings to PCI-DSS 4.0, SOC 2 Type II, and OWASP API Top 10 (2023). For PCI-DSS 4.0, detection of authentication bypass, sensitive data exposure, and insecure transport aligns with relevant control areas. For SOC 2 Type II, findings related to access control, monitoring, and data protection support control evidence collection. For OWASP API Top 10 (2023), the scanner covers the full set of categories including Broken Object Level Authorization, Security Misconfiguration, and Injection risks. For other frameworks, middleBrick helps you prepare for and aligns with security controls described in HIPAA, ISO 27001, NIST, CCPA, NIS2, DORA, FedRAMP, DPDP, APPI, PDPA, PIPEDA, PIPA, UK DPA, LGPD, SOX, GLBA, FERPA through relevant detection coverage, while maintaining that it is a scanning tool and not an auditor.

As a black-box scanner, middleBrick operates without agents, SDKs, or code access. It works with any language, framework, or cloud environment by interacting with the live API surface. The scan is read-only by default, avoiding destructive payloads while still validating logic issues such as ID enumeration and misconfigured security headers. Detection capabilities include authentication bypass, JWT misconfigurations, sensitive data leakage, SSRF indicators, and LLM-specific adversarial probes across multiple tiers. Because it does not patch or block issues, the output focuses on clear findings and remediation guidance.

Authenticated scanning is available from the Starter tier onward, supporting Bearer tokens, API keys, Basic auth, and cookies. Domain verification is enforced through DNS TXT records or an HTTP well-known file to ensure only the domain owner can scan with credentials. Header forwarding is restricted to Authorization, X-API-Key, Cookie, and X-Custom-* headers. This configuration limits the scan surface while allowing deeper coverage of authenticated workflows and role-based access paths.

The Web Dashboard centralizes scan results, score trends, and branded compliance PDF generation. The CLI enables on-demand scans using middlebrick scan <url>, with JSON or text output for automation. The GitHub Action can enforce CI/CD gates by failing builds when scores drop below a set threshold. The MCP Server allows scanning from AI coding assistants. For ongoing risk management, Pro tier provides scheduled rescans every 6 hours, daily, weekly, or monthly, with diff detection and rate-limited email alerts. Webhooks are HMAC-SHA256 signed and auto-disabled after 5 consecutive failures.