Key decisions in source code analysis 1. Should you start with static tools or dynamic tools, or use both?

Technical Terms Static Code Analysis: The examination of source code without execution to identify potential errors, vulnerabilities, or deviations from coding standards.

In the Windows world, a static source code analyzer called PREfast, which has been used internally at Microsoft for years, will be included in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System. PREfast is ...

Learn how mathematically proven code correctness and hardware awareness leads to 100% coverage and zero issues for automotive systems. How exhaustive static analysis overcomes the limitations of ...

Klocwork this week announced shipments of Klocwork Insight, bringing system-wide source code analysis to the developer desktop, the company said. The company has filed multiple patents on what it ...

Additionally, static analysis tools have evolved to offer more rigorous verification of concurrent errors in multithreaded programmes through enhanced source code modelling, thereby reducing false ...

A critical skill within the cybersecurity field is to understand software of either unknown origin or when its source code is unavailable to assess the existence of malicious code. Students will be ...

Cycuity expands portfolio with Radix-ST, a static security analysis solution enabling earlier detection of security vulnerabilities in chip design.

“We run the source code through our static analysis tool, which identifies certain types of software defects for them, and developers can look at the result,” said David Maxwell, open-source ...

Sonar, the leading provider of integrated code quality and code security solutions, is unveiling SonarQube Advanced Security, which extends SonarQube's analysis capabilities-which currently cover ...