CERN Computing Seminar

Code Analysis Tools: finding your bugs before somebody else does!

by Thomas Hofer

Europe/Zurich
IT Auditorium (CERN)

IT Auditorium

CERN

Description

Software security is crucial for keeping the organization secure. One way of making software developed at CERN more secure is using source code analysis tools. Such tools statically look at source code, and produce a list of potential bugs found, including potential security flaws. Running these tools requires minimal effort, and while obviously they cannot find all existing issues, they are helpful at finding the most common ones - so the cost/benefit ratio is very good. This presentation, aimed mostly at CERN developers, will discuss a couple of tools suggested for C/C++, Java, PHP, Perl and Python. It will include a demonstration of how these tools can be easily used.


Organised by: Miguel Angel Marquina
Computing Seminars /IT Department

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