Open-source application from SEI CERT, SCALe, uses multiple static analysis tools to find security flaws in source code.

Wouldn’t it be cheaper to write secure code in the first place? One of the fastest growing areas in the software security industry is source code analysis tools, also known as static analysis tools.

Static code analysis tools are essential resources for modern software development, designed to automatically inspect source code for errors, vulnerabilities, and inefficiencies before execution.

We may not see perfect source code in our lifetime, but we are seeing much better analysis tools and promising new approaches to remedy the problem.

Java static code analysis tools such as Checkstyle, FindBugs and others can parse your code to identify potential problems. Java developers should make code analysis a key part of the development ...

Green Hills Software, Inc. has announced that Swell Software has adopted the Green Hills Software DoubleCheck™ source code analysis tool suite. Swell Software is using DoubleCheck to help ensure the ...

Klocwork recently released its Insight Pro, a suite of developer tools aimed at maintaining high velocity throughout the software development process. Built on the company's source-code analysis ...

The open source dynamic runtime code analysis tool, which the startup claims is the first of its kind, is the brainchild of Elizabeth Lawler, who knows a thing or two about security.

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