static-analysis
Safeguard articles tagged "static-analysis" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
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Code Security Scan: How to Scan Your Code for Vulnerabilities
A code security scan analyzes your source and its dependencies for security flaws before they ship. Here is how the main scan types work, what tools to use, and how to wire scanning into CI without drowning in noise.
SAST Tooling: How to Choose and Run Static Analysis That Developers Trust
SAST tooling scans your source code for security flaws before it runs, but the tool you pick matters less than how you tune it. Here is how to choose, integrate, and keep the noise down.
Best SAST tools for enterprise applications
A practical buyer's guide comparing top SAST tools for enterprise apps -- strengths, limitations, and how Safeguard unifies findings across your pipeline.
Semgrep Pricing Explained: Free, Team, and Enterprise Tiers
Semgrep pricing is built around a free tier, a per-contributor Team plan, and custom Enterprise quotes. Here is how the tiers break down and what to watch for.
Java Error Checkers: Compilers, Linters, and Static Analysis
A guide to the Java error-checking stack — the compiler, linters like Checkstyle, bug finders like SpotBugs and Error Prone, and security scanners — and which one catches which class of problem.
The Benefits of Using SAST Tools During Code Review
The real benefit of using SAST tools during code review isn't finding more bugs than a human reviewer — it's finding the specific bugs humans consistently miss, before merge.
Insecure defaults in Azure ARM templates: a pre-deployment scanning guide
Azure Resource Manager templates don't enforce TLS 1.2 or block public blob access by default — here's how to catch it before terraform apply's Azure cousin ever runs.
ESLint rules for detecting Trojan Source (bidi Unicode) attacks in JS/TS
A single invisible Unicode character can flip how code executes versus how it reads on screen. Here's how to configure ESLint to catch it.
Comparing open-source tools for secure Java code review
SpotBugs checks 400+ bug patterns, Find Security Bugs adds 144 more, and CodeQL needs a full build — no single free Java scanner covers everything.
Integrating C/C++ security scanning into CI pipelines
Roughly 70% of CVEs Microsoft assigns each year are memory-safety bugs. Here's how to catch them in C/C++ CI pipelines before they ship.
Python linting for security hygiene: what flake8, pylint, and bandit actually catch
Bandit maps findings to CWE IDs like CWE-502 and CWE-78, but flake8 and pylint never look for a vulnerability at all — the three tools solve different problems.
Modern C++ security: smart pointers, bounds checking, and static analysis
Microsoft has said for years that ~70% of the CVEs it patches trace to memory-safety bugs — here's how modern C++ actually closes that gap.
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