sast
Safeguard articles tagged "sast" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
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Semgrep vs CodeQL: Static Analysis for Security Teams
A deep comparison of Semgrep and CodeQL for static application security testing, covering rule writing, performance, language support, and practical deployment considerations.
What is IAST
IAST instruments a running application from the inside to find vulnerabilities with very low false positives. Here's how it works and how it compares to SAST and DAST.
Copilot Code Review Security: What It Misses
Copilot's code review is useful. It is also not a security review, and treating it as one is how vulnerabilities ship. Here is what it actually catches.
CWE Full Form: What It Actually Stands For
CWE stands for Common Weakness Enumeration — a community-maintained taxonomy of software and hardware weakness types that CVEs, SAST tools, and OWASP guidance all reference back to.
Checkmarx vs Fortify: A Practical Comparison
Checkmarx and Fortify solve the same SAST problem with different architectures — here's how they actually differ on accuracy, deployment, and total cost.
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 Security Testing
Security testing is how teams find exploitable weaknesses before attackers do. Here's the main types — SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA, fuzzing, pentesting — and how they fit together.
AI Code Review for Security: How Effective Is It Really?
AI-powered code review tools promise to catch vulnerabilities faster than humans. We tested the claims against reality.
SonarQube Security Scanning: Code Quality Meets Application Security
A review of SonarQube's security scanning capabilities, examining how its code quality heritage shapes its approach to vulnerability detection and taint analysis.
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.
Checkmarx SCA: Application Security from a SAST Pioneer
A review of Checkmarx SCA covering its integration with the broader Checkmarx AST platform, vulnerability detection, and exploitability analysis capabilities.
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