What Is Code Scanning?

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Due to the difficulty of creating and disseminating software patches, fixing vulnerabilities in an application that is already deployed is costly and time-consuming. Additionally, there is a chance that production-related vulnerabilities will be exploited. Code scanning makes it possible to find vulnerabilities and fix them before the application gets released, removing the cybersecurity threats they present.

Code scanning integrates several application security testing techniques. This aids in removing false positive detections, allowing security teams and developers to concentrate their efforts on addressing the real dangers to application security. Also, with fewer false positives and errors, you can reduce the amount of time it takes to work through an application's apparent weaknesses. As a result, you can produce safer, more stable applications in less time.

Code scanning can integrate both open-source and proprietary static application security testing (SAST) solutions into a single cloud-native solution. Additionally, it can be linked with external scanning engines so that scan results may be exported using a single application programming interface (API). This provides you with visibility into the results of multiple security tools at the same time because they can be presented on a single screen.

Code scanning verifies all of an application's code, including any dependencies that might present issues. This helps ensure the safety of a company's software and network. For example, if there's a vulnerability in a database an application pulls information from, all aspects of your network that interface with the app can be exposed to additional risk. But you limit the risk to your infrastructure every time a code scanning process pinpoints potential vulnerabilities.

When analyzing code, code scanning only executes the actionable security rules developers dictate instead of running a general scan that looks for a wide range of issues. In this way, developers can concentrate on the task at hand because the alert volume is reduced, eliminating unnecessary noise.

FortiDevSec, during the development phase of the application lifecycle, automates application security testing to find and fix security flaws in open-source, third-party libraries, and source code. Within the DevOps continuous integration/continuous delivery/continuous deployment (CI/CD) lifecycle, developers can find and fix security issues, thanks to this full SaaS-based continuous application testing solution.

With FortiDevSec, all scan findings are correlated and normalized using threat classification and risk-based prioritization. This saves your organization time and money by making it easier to produce an end product that is more stable and resistant to threats. Further, FortiDevSec provides development teams with remediation tools, which automatically identify and respond to critical threats. As a result, end users get a smoother experience, and the networks the application is connected to are safer.

Code scanning examines code and looks for bugs and security flaws. Any issues found are displayed by the system, enabling you to address them quickly and enhance the security of your application.

Code scanning tools review the code in the current iteration of your application. It highlights potential issues that developers may want to address before continuing with the app-building process.

Code scanning is not dependent on a server to execute its functions.  This gives the development team greater agility to discover and address issues in the applications they are designing.