A cybersecurity analyst is tasked with assessing a production web application using the Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) tool. The analyst needs to ensure minimal impact on the application's performance during the assessment. Which feature of ZAP should the analyst use to meet this requirement?
The correct answer is "Passive Scan." Passive scanning in ZAP evaluates the requests and responses that your browser already makes to the application without generating additional traffic, so it has minimal impact on a live system. By contrast, Active Scan, AJAX Spider, and Forced Browse all create extra requests that can slow or disrupt a production environment.
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