Source code analysis (or static analysis) software helps keeps buggy code from seeing the light of day.

Static source code analysis tools can be an invaluable tool for software developers. Technology Editor Bill Wong talks with some of the major vendors in this space.

Static code analysis is the process of examining source code (without actually executing it) to identify potential defects, security vulnerabilities, and other quality issues.

By leveraging SAT within static code analysis, companies canimmediately find and fix software defects in source code at thebeginning of the development cycle, impressing anyone who writessoftware and ...

Static source code analysis tools have evolved from simple syntax checkers to powerful tools for identifying flaws in the complex interactions of large code bases. Until recently, however, they were ...

To help demonstrate the types of coding errors that can be efficiently detected and prevented using static source code analysis, we consider a case study of three popular, security-critical open ...

Static Code Analysis Tools Static code analysis involves inspecting our program just by analyzing its source code, without ever executing it.

To help demonstrate the types of coding errors that can be efficiently detected and prevented using static source code analysis, we consider a case study of three popular, security-critical open ...

When it needed a static code analysis tool for Python, OpenStack found no commercial products. Necessity being the mother of invention, OpenStack developed its own open source tool.

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 ...