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Safeguard articles tagged "sast" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.

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AI Security

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.

Jan 5, 20246 min read
Tool Reviews

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.

Nov 15, 20235 min read
Tool Reviews

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.

Sep 28, 20235 min read
DevSecOps

Kotlin detekt Security Rules: Catching Vulnerabilities in Kotlin Code

detekt is Kotlin's primary static analysis tool. Its security-relevant rules catch patterns that lead to vulnerabilities in Android and server-side Kotlin.

Jul 28, 20235 min read
DevSecOps

GitLab CI Security Scanning Setup

Step-by-step guide to enabling SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, and container scanning in GitLab CI pipelines.

Mar 22, 20236 min read
DevSecOps

Ruby Brakeman Security Scanner: Rails-Aware Vulnerability Detection

Brakeman understands Rails conventions and catches security issues that generic scanners miss. Here is how to use it effectively.

Mar 15, 20235 min read
Tool Reviews

GitLab Ultimate Security Features: Built-In Security Done Pragmatically

A review of GitLab Ultimate's security scanning features covering SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, container scanning, and how integrated security compares to best-of-breed tools.

Feb 28, 20235 min read
Application Security

Taming Static Analysis: A Practical Guide to False Positive Reduction

False positives kill SAST adoption faster than anything else. Here is how to cut through the noise without missing real vulnerabilities.

Nov 12, 20227 min read
DevSecOps

GoSec Static Analysis for Go: Practical Security Scanning

GoSec finds security issues in Go source code. Here is how to get the most out of it without fighting false positives all day.

Sep 18, 20225 min read
Application Security

SAST vs DAST vs IAST: Which Application Security Testing Approach Fits Your Pipeline?

A practical comparison of SAST, DAST, and IAST — when to use each, where they overlap, and why most teams need more than one.

Jul 8, 20227 min read

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