As part of a secure development process, the security team is asked to examine the program's source code line by line to identify coding errors or potential vulnerabilities without running the software. Which type of application-security review is being performed?
Reviewing source code without executing it is static code analysis. It detects logic errors, insecure functions, and other weaknesses by inspecting the code itself. Dynamic code analysis and fuzz testing require the program to execute, while secure coding refers to writing-rather than reviewing-code with security best practices in mind.
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