Source Code Review
Source Code Review Overview
Find Security Weaknesses at the Source. Build More Secure Applications.
Source Code Review provides deep visibility into application security by analysing the code itself for vulnerabilities, insecure coding practices, business logic flaws, and other weaknesses that traditional external testing may not uncover. Condition Zebra combines automated static analysis (SAST) with expert manual code review to validate real risks and provide practical, developer-focused remediation guidance.
SCOPE
Define the Codebase
Identify applications, repositories, modules, programming languages, frameworks, and the required depth of review.
VALIDATE
Confirm Real Security Risks
Validate identified findings to eliminate false positives and understand their exploitability, root cause, and potential business impact.
SCAN
Automated Code Analysis
Use Static Application Security Testing (SAST) to identify common vulnerabilities, insecure coding patterns, and potential security issues across the codebase.
PRIORITISE
Focus on Critical Issues
Assess vulnerabilities based on severity and impact so development teams can prioritise the security weaknesses that require attention first.
REVIEW
Manual Security Analysis
Security experts manually examine the code to uncover complex vulnerabilities, insecure implementation, and business logic flaws that automated tools may miss.
STRENGTHEN
Remediate & Improve Secure Coding
Provide actionable remediation guidance, code-level recommendations, and secure coding best practices to help developers address vulnerabilities and prevent similar issues from recurring.
Go Beyond the Surface. Find Vulnerabilities Inside the Code.
Manual + Automated Review • OWASP Top 10 • OWASP ASVS • Business Logic Analysis • Security Validation • Developer-Focused Remediation
Scope of Review
We support a wide range of applications and technologies:
Application Types
- Web Applications
- Mobile Applications (iOS & Android)
- APIs & Microservices
- Backend Systems
Supported Languages & Frameworks
- Java, .NET, PHP, Python, JavaScript
- Node.js, React, Angular
- Mobile frameworks (Swift, Kotlin, Flutter)
Our Review Methodology
We follow secure coding standards and industry best practices:
- OWASP Top 10
- OWASP ASVS (Application Security Verification Standard)
- SANS Secure Coding Practices
Process Flow
1. Scope & Code Access
Define modules, repositories, and review depth
2. Automated Analysis (SAST)
Identify common vulnerabilities and coding issues
3. Manual Code Review
Validate findings and detect complex logic flaws
4. Security Validation
Confirm exploitability and business impact
5. Reporting & Recommendations
Provide clear remediation guidance
Key Features
- Manual + Automated Review (SAST)
Ensures comprehensive and accurate findings - OWASP Top 10 Coverage
Focus on the most critical application risks - Business Logic Testing
Detects flaws that automated tools often miss - Secure Coding Recommendations
Practical guidance for developers - Early Detection
Identify vulnerabilities before deployment
Benefits of Source Code Review
Ensure Coding Standards
Help ensure applications follow secure coding standards, development best practices, and relevant compliance requirements.
Detect Issues Early
Discover security weaknesses and coding errors earlier in the development lifecycle, helping teams address issues before they reach production.
Strengthen Application Security
Identify insecure coding practices, vulnerabilities, and logic flaws that could expose applications and sensitive data to security risks.
Reduce Remediation Costs
Identify vulnerabilities during development when they are typically easier and less costly to remediate than after deployment.
Build Stakeholder Confidence
Provide greater assurance to stakeholders that applications have undergone structured security review and code-level analysis.
Improve Secure Development
Provide developers with actionable recommendations and secure coding guidance to prevent recurring vulnerabilities and strengthen future development practices.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. What is a Source Code Review ?
Source Code Review is a security assessment that examines an application’s source code to identify vulnerabilities, insecure coding practices, business logic flaws, and other security weaknesses that may not be visible through traditional external testing.
2. How is Source Code Review different from penetration testing ?
Penetration testing evaluates a running application from an attacker’s perspective, while Source Code Review examines the underlying code directly. This provides deeper visibility into the root causes of vulnerabilities and security weaknesses.
3. Do you need access to our source code ?
Yes. Access to the relevant codebase, repositories, modules, and supporting information is required to conduct a comprehensive review. The exact access requirements are determined during the scoping phase.
4. What vulnerabilities can Source Code Review identify ?
The review can uncover issues such as injection flaws, authentication weaknesses, broken access controls, hardcoded credentials, sensitive data exposure, improper input validation, insecure coding patterns, and complex business logic flaws.
5. Do you use automated tools or manual code review ?
Condition Zebra combines automated Static Application Security Testing (SAST) with expert manual review. Automated analysis helps identify common security issues, while manual review validates findings and uncovers complex vulnerabilities and logic flaws that automated tools may miss.
6. What will we receive after the Source Code Review ?
You will receive a comprehensive report covering identified vulnerabilities, affected code, risk ratings, impact analysis, and actionable remediation guidance. Developer-focused recommendations and secure coding practices are also provided to help your team resolve weaknesses and improve application security.
Why Choose Condition Zebra
Local cybersecurity expertise backed by experienced application security professionals, manual and automated source code analysis, secure coding standards, risk validation, and developer-focused remediation guidance to help organisations identify and address security weaknesses at the code level before they reach production.
Source Code Review Expertise
Experienced application security professionals conduct in-depth reviews across web applications, mobile applications, APIs, microservices, backend systems, and modern programming languages and frameworks.
Manual + Automated Analysis
Combine Static Application Security Testing (SAST) with expert manual code review to uncover vulnerabilities, insecure coding practices, business logic flaws, and security weaknesses that automated tools alone may miss.
Deep Code-Level Analysis
Go beyond surface-level testing to identify the root causes of vulnerabilities, validate genuine security risks, and understand how weaknesses within the code could affect application security and sensitive data.
Developer-Focused Remediation
Provide clear, actionable code-level recommendations and secure coding guidance to help development teams fix identified vulnerabilities, improve coding practices, and prevent similar issues from recurring.
Trusted Security Partner
Local expertise backed by 10+ years of cybersecurity experience and CREST accreditation since 2020, with comprehensive reporting, secure coding recommendations, remediation support, and practical guidance to help strengthen your application security throughout the development lifecycle.
