Static Application Security Testing (SAST)

Summary

Automatically scanning source code (without running it) for known vulnerable patterns — catches issues early in development, though it produces false positives that require human review.

• 1Run a free SAST tool against a sample codebase and review the findings.
• 2Learn why SAST tools generate false positives, requiring triage, not blind trust.
• 3Understand SAST as one layer of a defense-in-depth AppSec strategy, not a complete solution alone.