CT-STE: Certified Tester Security Test EngineerDemo

Your company is launching a new web-based e-commerce platform that lets customers create accounts, browse products, and make purchases. Because the platform will integrate with payment gateways and process sensitive customer information, such as personal data and credit card details, the security team is concerned about vulnerabilities that attackers could exploit. To provide strong security, you want to conduct security testing that evaluates and mitigates the most common and critical web application security risks.

Which of the following would be MOST BENEFICIAL for the team to achieve this goal?