SAST

Accurate, Fast, Developer-Centric Security

The JFrog SAST engine in JFrog Advanced Security is a local, fast, and accurate static application security testing solution that enables you to identify and fix security issues early in the development process. JFrog SAST runs directly on your local environment, minimizing delays and maintaining data privacy. You can use it with out-of-the-box functionality and low false positives, and it integrates into your workflow.

Key Benefits of JFrog SAST

• Speed and Efficiency: JFrog SAST runs locally on your machine and CI servers, scanning at a speed of approximately 2,000 lines of code per second. This enables rapid scans while maintaining high-quality analysis and low false positive rates, thanks to its cross-file and data flow analysis.
• Accuracy: JFrog SAST performs comprehensive cross-file analysis, tracing the data flow from the source to the sink. JFrog SAST detects vulnerabilities accurately while minimizing noise and false positives. The fingerprint algorithm ensures that vulnerabilities marked for ignore won't reappear due to irrelevant code changes like spaces or new lines. This is an issue many competitors face.
• OWASP Top 10 and Beyond: JFrog SAST covers the Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) Top 10 vulnerabilities and goes beyond by identifying additional critical security risks, helping you secure your code at the earliest stages.
• Developer-Centric: With zero configuration required out of the box, JFrog SAST integrates seamlessly into your workflow through IDE plugins, CLI tools, and Frogbot. It gives you access to actionable findings without interrupting your development process. Security experts can also configure Advanced Security policies and watches to prioritize specific vulnerabilities for enforcement.
• Local Security: JFrog SAST runs locally on your environment, ensuring that source code remains secure and doesn't need to be uploaded to external services for analysis. This maintains the privacy of your codebase.

How JFrog SAST Outperforms Competitors

• Integration with CI/CD, Securely, and with Privacy: JFrog SAST integrates deeply into CI/CD pipelines, supporting multiple DevOps tools without requiring cloud-based services. It can run locally on your workstation or CI server, making it ideal for air-gapped and self-managed environments.
• Low False Positive Rate: Thanks to the cross-file analysis, JFrog SAST reduces the number of false positives and ensures that only genuine security risks are flagged. You no longer have to sift through irrelevant findings.
• Accurate Fingerprint Algorithm: The fingerprint algorithm ensures that once a vulnerability is marked as ignored, it won't reappear in subsequent scans, even if non-relevant code changes occur, such as spaces or newlines. This eliminates the need for security experts to repeatedly reassess previously triaged issues.
• Data Flow Analysis: JFrog SAST tracks the flow of data within your code, providing visibility into how vulnerabilities propagate from source functions to sinks. You and security experts can quickly identify and understand potential security risks.
• Actionable Fixes: Each vulnerability is accompanied by clear, actionable steps on how to fix or mitigate the issue. You can follow these steps to quickly resolve vulnerabilities and enhance the overall security of your code.
• Customizable Policies: You can configure severity thresholds and apply specific policies to decide which vulnerabilities trigger alerts. This customization gives you more control over your scanning process, ensuring that only the most critical issues are prioritized.

Related Topics

• Configure Advanced Security
• Secrets Scans
• Misconfigurations Scans
• Supported Technologies