NIST test puts software analysis tools put through their paces

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published the results of its first Static Analysis Tool Exposition, a side-by-side evaluation of tools used to find security flaws in software. The tests, conducted last year, put eight static analysis tools through their paces in analyzing test programs for flaws that could result in security vulnerabilities. Results were evaluated by researchers from NIST and MITRE to better understand the state of art of software analysis.

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