Source Code Review


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As more organizations discover security vulnerabilities in production web applications, application security is becoming a priority during the development and quality assurance (QA) processes. Source code review is the process of auditing code for an application on a line by line basis for its security quality. Code review is a way of ensuring that the application is developed appropriately so as to be "self defending" in its given environment.

Even with a solid architecture and design, software code can harbor vulnerabilities. Well-intentioned developers make mistakes, and teams can take shortcuts in an effort to hit milestones or budgets. Static analysis, also known as white-box testing, static application security testing (SAST), or Source code review, finds flaws within the application’s coding, back doors, and other code-based vulnerabilities so appropriate actions can be taken to mitigate those risks.

Considering developers dramatically outnumber security staff, it can be challenging to find the resources to perform code reviews on a fraction of an organization’s application portfolio, let alone provide remediation guidance back to the development team. Understanding these challenges, ZULON Consulting Source Code Review service was built to meet the demands of any organization. Our expert consultants work with clients to ensure they understand their current level of risk, prioritize remediation efforts, and make effective short and long-term risk management decisions.

Automated Code Review assessments leverage commercial static analysis tools or your internal proprietary analysis tools in order to discover of common vulnerabilities. As we believe it is just as important to fix bugs as it is to find them, our consultants will provide you with document outlining remediation guidance.

In a Standard Code Review, we augment tool-assisted scans with a manual review targeting aspects of the underlying software architecture not capable of being evaluated by tools without special engineering. We follow a proprietary methodology to discover and critique security points of interests relevant to the application’s architecture. All vulnerabilities are documented and provided to your team with actionable remediation guidance.

A Custom Code Review is the most comprehensive code review offering available. This includes all of the automated and manual vulnerability assessments conducted in an Advanced Code Review, but goes even further in exploring attack surfaces and frameworks. This level of analysis is ideal for high-risk, business critical software that cannot afford even low-severity security vulnerabilities.

The code review culminates in an exhaustive report that details specific areas of application code that need repair in order to maintain a secure system. ZULON Consulting manual review ensures that your developers receive actionable, prescriptive information specific to your application rather than generic information provided by automated tools.