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Feature Set Selection For Improved Classification Of Static Analysis Alerts, Kathleen Goeschel
Feature Set Selection For Improved Classification Of Static Analysis Alerts, Kathleen Goeschel
CCE Theses and Dissertations
With the extreme growth in third party cloud applications, increased exposure of applications to the internet, and the impact of successful breaches, improving the security of software being produced is imperative. Static analysis tools can alert to quality and security vulnerabilities of an application; however, they present developers and analysts with a high rate of false positives and unactionable alerts. This problem may lead to the loss of confidence in the scanning tools, possibly resulting in the tools not being used. The discontinued use of these tools may increase the likelihood of insecure software being released into production. Insecure software …