Deep dives, practical guides, and incident analyses from engineers who build Safeguard. No fluff, no vendor FUD — just what you need to ship secure software.
Static Application Security Testing tools vary dramatically in accuracy. We analyze detection rates, false positive rates, and language coverage across leading SAST tools using standardized benchmarks.
detekt is Kotlin's primary static analysis tool. Its security-relevant rules catch patterns that lead to vulnerabilities in Android and server-side Kotlin.
SpotBugs with Find Security Bugs is the most effective free security analysis tool for Java. Here is how to get real results from it.
Swift's type safety helps, but it does not eliminate all security bugs. Here is the current tooling landscape for finding vulnerabilities in Swift code.
gosec is the standard security linter for Go. Here is what it catches, what it misses, and how to integrate it effectively into your workflow.
PHPStan brings static analysis to PHP. Its type checking catches entire classes of bugs that lead to security vulnerabilities in PHP applications.
Static scanning finds known vulnerabilities. Runtime analysis finds actual exploitation. Using only one gives you half the picture.
Bandit scans Python code for security issues. Here is how to configure it so it catches real bugs without burying your team in false positives.
GoSec finds security issues in Go source code. Here is how to get the most out of it without fighting false positives all day.
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