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  • Welcome

    Welcome to the documentation for HCL® AppScan® Source.

  • What's New

    Explore new features added to AppScan® Source and note any features and capabilities deprecated in this release.

  • Installing

    Learn how to install, upgrade, and activate HCL® AppScan® Source.

  • Configuring

    Learn how to configure applications, folders, and projects, and set attributes and properties in HCL® AppScan® Source.

  • Administering

    Learn how to administer user accounts and permissions, audit user activity, and manage integrations in HCL® AppScan® Source.

  • Scanning

    This section explains how to scan your source code and manage assessments in HCL® AppScan® Source.

  • Triage and analysis

    Grouping similar findings allows security analysts or IT auditors to segment and triage source code problems. This section explains how to triage AppScan® Source assessments and analyze results.

  • Reporting

    Security analysts and risk managers can access reports of select findings or a series of audit reports that measure compliance with software security best practices and regulatory requirements. This section explains how to create reports of aggregate finding data.

  • Extending product function

    Learn how to extend the product to meet specific development requirements.

    • Customizing the vulnerability database and pattern rules

      This section describes how to customize the database and integrate customized vulnerabilities and other routines into scans.

    • Extending the application server import framework

      AppScan® Source allows you to import Java™ applications from Apache Tomcat and WebSphere® Application Server Liberty profile. You can import Java applications from other application servers by extending the application server import framework, as explained in this topic.

    • HCL® AppScan® Source for Development (Eclipse Plug-in)

      With AppScan® Source for Development, you can work in your existing development environment and perform security vulnerability analysis on Java projects. Security analysis lets you pinpoint vulnerabilities in the source code and eliminate them entirely with AppScan Source Security Knowledgebase remediation assistance.

  • Reference

    Review reference information for HCL® AppScan® Source, including using utilities, plug-ins, and APIs.

  • Troubleshooting and support

    Self-help information, resources, and tools to help you troubleshoot issues while using HCL® AppScan® Source.

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Extending product function

Learn how to extend the product to meet specific development requirements.

  • Customizing the vulnerability database and pattern rules
  • Extending the application server import framework
  • Customizing the vulnerability database and pattern rules
    This section describes how to customize the database and integrate customized vulnerabilities and other routines into scans.
  • Extending the application server import framework
    AppScan® Source allows you to import Java™ applications from Apache Tomcat and WebSphere® Application Server Liberty profile. You can import Java™ applications from other application servers by extending the application server import framework, as explained in this topic.
  • HCL AppScan Source for Development (Eclipse Plug-in)
    With AppScan® Source for Development, you can work in your existing development environment and perform security vulnerability analysis on Java projects. Security analysis lets you pinpoint vulnerabilities in the source code and eliminate them entirely with AppScan® Source Security Knowledgebase remediation assistance.
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