sast
Safeguard articles tagged "sast" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
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Application Security Testing Software: A Category Map
A clear map of the application security testing software categories — SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA, and the platforms that bundle them — and when each one actually applies.
What is Static Code Analysis
Static code analysis scans source code for flaws before it runs. Here's how SAST works, what it catches, and where it falls short without reachability context.
What is a False Positive in Security Scanning
False positives waste security team hours flagging vulnerabilities that aren't actually exploitable. Here's how to spot, measure, and reduce them.
What is Taint Analysis
Taint analysis traces untrusted input from source to sink to catch injection flaws. Learn how it works, what it misses, and how reachability analysis fixes the noise.
What is Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) Analysis
AST analysis parses code into a tree to catch what regex scanning misses — here's how it works, its limits, and how reachability fixes the gap.
What is Semantic Code Analysis
Semantic code analysis traces how data actually flows through code to find real vulnerabilities — cutting false positives that plague pattern-matching SAST tools.
Checkmarx vs SonarQube: An Honest Comparison
Checkmarx and SonarQube get compared constantly, but they're not really solving the same problem — one is a dedicated security SAST platform, the other is a code-quality tool with a security add-on.
Snyk vs Veracode 2026 Buyer Guide
A hands-on comparison of Snyk and Veracode in 2026: developer experience, scan accuracy, SCA depth, SAST tradeoffs, and where each tool actually earns its license cost.
What is Snyk Code (SAST Tool Category Overview)
Snyk Code explained: what it is, how its SAST engine works, its limits, category competitors, and where reachability closes the gap.
The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing, 2026 Edition
What the Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing actually measures, how leaders end up in that top-right quadrant, and why the report is one input into a buying decision, not the decision itself.
Application Security Companies: An Evaluation Checklist
A concrete checklist for evaluating application security companies in 2026 — coverage, false-positive handling, integration depth, and the questions vendor demos are designed to dodge.
AppSec Solutions: A Market Map for 2026
The appsec solutions market has consolidated around a handful of shapes — code-first platforms, cloud-native suites, and point scanners — and picking the right shape matters more than picking a brand.