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

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AppSec

How to Scan Source Code for Vulnerabilities: A Practical Guide

Scanning source code means running automated analysis over your repository to find security flaws before they reach production. Here is how to do it well.

Mar 18, 20257 min read
AppSec

How to Scan Websites for Security Issues

A practical walkthrough of how to scan websites for common vulnerabilities, which tools fit which job, and how to turn scan output into fixes.

Mar 12, 20256 min read
Security

Website Vulnerability Assessment: A Practical How-To Guide

A website vulnerability assessment systematically finds and ranks the security weaknesses in a web app. Here is the process, the tools, and the pitfalls.

Feb 14, 20255 min read
AppSec

DAST Meaning: What Dynamic Application Security Testing Actually Is

DAST stands for Dynamic Application Security Testing, a way of finding vulnerabilities by attacking a running application from the outside. Here is what that means in practice.

Feb 14, 20256 min read
Security

Hacking Tools Explained: What Every Defender Should Understand

A hacking tool is only as good or bad as its operator. Here is how defenders should think about the tools attackers use, and how to turn them into a defensive advantage.

Feb 14, 20255 min read
AppSec

Website Security Scan: What It Checks and How to Run One

A website security scan tests a live site for common weaknesses. Here is what the different scan types actually check, how to read the results, and where the free ones fall short.

Feb 11, 20256 min read
AppSec

Cloud Scan: What It Is and How to Run One That Matters

A cloud scan checks your running cloud accounts, images, and code for misconfigurations and known vulnerabilities. Here is how to scope one so the results are actionable instead of overwhelming.

Feb 11, 20256 min read
Container Security

How a Docker Image Vulnerability Scanner Works and What to Use

How a Docker image vulnerability scanner works layer by layer, what it can and cannot catch, the tools worth knowing, and how to wire scanning into your build without slowing it down.

Jan 28, 20257 min read
Vulnerability Management

How to Run Grype in Offline/Airgap Environments

A hands-on tutorial for running Grype vulnerability scans in offline and airgapped environments, including vulnerability database hosting and CI integration.

Jan 28, 20255 min read
AppSec

Vuln Scan Basics: How Vulnerability Scanning Actually Works

What a vuln scan is, the main scanner types, how to read a report without drowning in noise, and how to fit scanning into a development pipeline.

Jan 21, 20256 min read
Vulnerability Management

bundler-audit Production Setup

A practical guide to running bundler-audit in production CI pipelines, including advisory database updates, exception handling, and integration with remediation workflows.

Jul 2, 20247 min read
Comparisons

SCA vs SAST vs DAST: Which Do You Actually Need First

Three scanner acronyms, one budget. A spec-level comparison of SCA, SAST, and DAST — what each catches, what each costs to run, and the order that pays off fastest.

Jul 2, 20246 min read

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