Aspect Security Blog Optimizing Static Analysis - Top Five Tactics to Level Up your SAST Tools

Static analysis is an important part of many successful application security programs. Static analysis (also known as SAST or static code analysis), is a type of automated security tool that relies on the scanning of application source code to locate vulnerabilities.SAST tools have gotten a reputation for being slow, error-prone, and difficult to use. And out of the box, many of them are. But with a little more knowledge behind how these tools are designed, a SAST tool can be a valuable part of any security program.Static analysis tools are actually easier to configure than dynamic analysis tools - and there's a lot you can do to help you get greater value from your tool set.