HCL AppScan
By HCLSoftware
A long-running application security suite covering AppScan Source (SAST), AppScan Standard (DAST), and the unified AppScan on Cloud service. Acquired from IBM in 2019 and developed since under the HCLSoftware brand, it remains common in enterprises with an existing IBM security tooling footprint.
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- Product type
- Software
- Deployment
- On-premSaaS
- Organization size
- Mid-marketEnterprise
- Pricing tier
- $$
Capability checklist
SASTHow HCL AppScan measures up against the full Static Application Security Testing taxonomy.
- Source code vulnerability scanning — supported
- Analyzes source code for security flaws without executing the application.
- IDE & CI/CD integration — supported
- Surfaces findings directly in the developer's editor or pull request.
- Language & framework coverage — supported
- Breadth of programming languages and frameworks the scanner understands.
- False-positive triage & prioritization — not supported
- Ranks and filters findings so developers focus on the issues that matter.
- Secrets detection — not supported
- Flags hardcoded credentials, API keys, and tokens committed to source code.
- Custom rule authoring — not supported
- Lets teams write organization-specific detection rules beyond the built-in set.
- PR / commit gating — supported
- Blocks merges when new high-severity findings are introduced.
- IaC & container config scanning — not supported
- Scans infrastructure-as-code templates and container configurations for misconfigurations alongside application code.
Alternatives
Other Static Application Security Testing tools with overlapping capabilities, sized for similar teams.