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Secure Code Review Guide

Reading the code (white-box) finds root-cause weaknesses that surface-level testing cannot — especially in critical or complex applications.

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1. SAST plus human review

Automated SAST finds many weakness classes fast; expert manual review finds logic flaws, insecure design and context-specific issues tools miss.

2. What we look for

  • Injection, XSS and unsafe deserialisation (CWE Top 25).
  • Authentication, authorisation and session flaws.
  • Hard-coded secrets and weak cryptography.
  • Insecure dependencies.

3. Fix at the source

Findings map to CWE IDs with remediation guidance, so developers fix root causes and your SAST pipeline improves release over release.

How CyberSigma helps

Our secure code review combines SAST with senior manual review, mapped to the CWE Top 25, with developer-ready fixes.

This guide is educational and not legal advice. Requirements evolve — validate specifics against the current standard or regulation for your situation.

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