Tool Deployment Model

OWASP Code Review Guide Table of Contents

Deploying code review tools to developers helps the throughput of a code review team by helping to identify and hopefully remove most of the common and simple coding mistakes prior to a security consultant viewing the code.

This methodology improves developer knowledge, and the security consultant can spend time looking for more abstract vulnerabilities.

Developer adoption model

• Deploy automated tools to developers.
• Control tool rule base.
• Security review results and probe a little further.

Testing Department model

• Test department includes automated review in functional test.
• Security review results and probe a little further.
• Tool rule base is controlled by the security department and complies with internal secure application development policies.

Application security group model

• All code goes through application security group.
• Group use manual and automated solutions.