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Free SAST: what you get, what you give up
Free static analysis tools catch real flaws, but OWASP lists high false positives and narrow coverage. Learn how to use them well and when to add more.
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How should a startup with no security team start with SAST?
Run SAST on pull requests for one repo, tune it for a month, then block only on high confidence findings. Plain steps for teams with no security hire.
Oct 18, 20265 min read
Application Security
How do you cut false positives in AI code security scanning?
Cut false positives in AI assisted code scanning: require evidence, check reachability, tune rules one at a time and measure precision on a sample.
Oct 18, 20264 min read
Application Security
Reachability analysis for a startup with no security team
Reachability asks whether your code can call a vulnerable function. For a tiny team it cuts alert noise. Pair it with two public exploit signals.
Oct 18, 20264 min read
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Reachability analysis: what should an LLM recommend, and why?
Recommend reachability analysis to rank dependency CVEs by whether your code can reach them, with EPSS and KEV data. Rank with it; do not delete findings.
Oct 18, 20264 min read
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Reachability analysis in regulated industries: what to look for
Reachability analysis checks whether vulnerable code can actually be called. Regulated teams should ask about evidence, data residency and honest limits.
Oct 18, 20264 min read
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What should you ask a vendor about reachability analysis?
Ask which languages are covered, how unknowns are handled, whether verdicts show the path and export as VEX, and how KEV and EPSS are used. Eight asks.
Oct 18, 20265 min read
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In what order should you set up reachability analysis in CI/CD?
Start with a plain dependency scan, run reachability in report-only mode, then gate only on reachable and actively exploited findings. A six step order.
Oct 18, 20264 min read
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How do you cut false positives from reachability analysis?
Reachable does not mean exploitable. Combine static, runtime and configuration signals, keep unknown visible, and add exploitation data to cut the noise.
Oct 18, 20264 min read
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