sast
Safeguard articles tagged "sast" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
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Application Vulnerability Assessment: Scope, Method, and Reporting
Most assessment reports die unread because scope was fuzzy and findings were not verified. A working method for assessments that end in shipped fixes.
Code Scanning Tools: SAST, Secrets, and Linters Compared
SAST tools, secret scanners, and linters all read your source code but catch entirely different classes of problems — here's how to tell them apart and stack them correctly.
Application Security Testing Tools: SAST, DAST, IAST, and SCA Compared
Four scanner families see four different slices of your risk. What SAST, DAST, IAST, and SCA each catch and miss, and how to sequence them in CI without drowning developers.
Snyk Ltd: What the Company Builds and How Its Pricing Works
A factual overview of Snyk Ltd, the developer-security company: what its products do, how its plans are priced, and what to weigh when evaluating it.
DevSecOps SAST: How to Wire Static Analysis Into Your Pipeline
SAST in DevSecOps means catching code-level flaws before they merge, not after they ship. Here is how to integrate static analysis so developers actually use it.
Secure Code Scanning: What It Is and How to Do It Right
Secure code scanning finds vulnerabilities in source and dependencies before they ship. Here is how SAST, SCA, and secret scanning fit together in CI.
Application Security Vulnerability Management: A Working Workflow
A concrete workflow for application security vulnerability management, from scan to fix to verified close, that survives contact with a real release calendar.
False Positives in Cyber Security: Why They Happen and How to Cut Them
A scanner that cries wolf gets ignored. Here's why false positives pile up in security tooling and the concrete changes that actually reduce them.
Command Injection Payloads: How They Work and How to Stop Them
Command injection payloads abuse applications that pass user input to a system shell. This defensive guide explains the mechanics, detection, and prevention.
JavaScript Static Analysis: Catching Bugs Before They Ship
JavaScript static analysis reads your code without running it to find bugs, security flaws, and risky patterns early. Here is what it can and cannot catch, and how to set it up well.
Security Testing in the Software Development Lifecycle
Security testing for software development only works when it's distributed across the SDLC, not bolted on as a single pre-release gate — here's where each test type actually belongs.
Using Checkmarx for Salesforce Apex Security: A Practical Guide
Checkmarx can scan Salesforce Apex and Visualforce for SOQL injection, XSS, and CRUD/FLS gaps. Here is how the pairing works and what to watch for.
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