Understanding SAST and Its Impact on DevSecOps
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4 min readMar 22, 2024
Static Application Security Testing (SAST) is a white-box testing methodology used to analyze source code, byte code, or binaries of an application for security vulnerabilities. Unlike dynamic testing, which requires running the code, SAST is performed without executing the program. It’s an integral part of the Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SSDLC), allowing developers to identify and fix security…